Press Release Criterion Press Release: Some Like It Hot (1959) (4k UHD Combo) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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One of the most beloved films of all time, this sizzling masterpiece by Billy Wilder set a new standard for Hollywood comedy. After witnessing a mob hit, Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, in landmark performances) skip town by donning drag and joining an all-female band en route to Miami. The charm of the group’s singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe, at the height of her bombshell powers), leads them ever further into extravagant lies, as Joe assumes the persona of a millionaire to woo her and Jerry’s female alter ego winds up engaged to a tycoon. With a whip-smart script by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and sparking chemistry among its finely tuned cast, Some Like It Hot is as deliriously funny and fresh today as it was when it first knocked audiences out several decades ago.

FILM INFO​

• United States
• 1959
• 121 minutes
• Black & White
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #950
  
  

  4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

  • 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary from 1989 featuring film scholar Howard Suber
  • Program on Orry-Kelly’s costumes for the film, featuring costume designer and historian Deborah Nadoolman Landis and costume historian and archivist Larry McQueen
  • Three behind-the-scenes documentaries
  • Appearances by director Billy Wilder on The Dick Cavett Show from 1982
  • Conversation from 2001 between actor Tony Curtis and film critic Leonard Maltin
  • French television interview from 1988 with actor Jack Lemmon
  • Radio interview from 1955 with actor Marilyn Monroe
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author Sam Wasson
    
    Cover by F. Ron Miller
    
    April 8, 2025

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[SD_Brian]

Had a feeling this was coming when the Some Like It Hot 4K turned up in Kino's "While Supplies Last" sale.

 

[MartinP.]

Check out AMPAS's Museum Collection | Highlights page for Some Like It Hot. The section about people and/or groups trying to stop or censor this film (like the Legion of Decency) is something I wasn't aware of.

Some Like It Hot | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

www.oscars.org

 

[Konstantinos]

Does anyone know if the Kino 2.0 was a downmix?
I may have to buy this one too!
I remember also there was a problem with the sound, it was muffled or something. (e.g. the percussion in the opening music didn't sound good.)*

edit: Oh, that doesn't sound too hopeful:

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*OK, found it. The Criterion wasn't good in the first place:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=19851022&postcount=333

So, I guess it will be the same track now.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Had a feeling this was coming when the Some Like It Hot 4K turned up in Kino's "While Supplies Last" sale.

Yeah, I have the Kino 4K/UHD with plenty of bonus material so another pass by me.

 

[SD_Brian]

Yeah, I have the Kino 4K/UHD with plenty of bonus material so another pass by me.

I have the previous Criterion release + the Kino (which I picked up in the "While Supplies Last" sale), so I'm covered all around.

 

[SD_Brian]

Check out AMPAS's Museum Collection | Highlights page for Some Like It Hot. The section about people and/or groups trying to stop or censor this film (like the Legion of Decency) is something I wasn't aware of.

Some Like It Hot | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

www.oscars.org

All the best movies were banned by the so-called Legion of Decency.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I have the previous Criterion release + the Kino (which I picked up in the "While Supplies Last" sale), so I'm covered all around.

The same here. This is the latest example of a home video release I’m going to resist buying because of my 2025 goal of purchasing less physical media. I have too many discs and not enough time to watch them all.

 

[titch]

Criterion was far too late to the 4K UHD party and just sat there on the sideline watching, while Kino Lorber were licensing all their top MGM titles for 4K UHD. I'm curious as to why Kino Lorber doesn't hold on to their licence.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Criterion was far too late to the 4K UHD party and just sat there on the sideline watching, while Kino Lorber were licensing all their top MGM titles for 4K UHD. I'm curious as to why Kino Lorber doesn't hold on to their licence.

Perhaps disappointing sales.

 

[Worth]

Criterion was far too late to the 4K UHD party and just sat there on the sideline watching, while Kino Lorber were licensing all their top MGM titles for 4K UHD. I'm curious as to why Kino Lorber doesn't hold on to their licence.

They've probably sold as much as they're going to sell. Criterion has more film snob appeal.

 

[titch]

Perhaps disappointing sales.

A plausible assumption. However, Criterion isn't necessarily going to shift truckloads of Some Like It Hot 4K UHDs when there's already their own blu-ray out with all the same supplements, plus a really stellar US 4K UHD - which had a cheaper retail price to boot, when it first came out. Sure, it'll look good in their closet, but who is going to buy this? I have the entire Criterion Collection on disc, but I'm not buying this.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Gonna make a prayer circle for a Criterion of One, Two, Three then since Kino's letting things expire.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Gonna make a prayer circle for a Criterion of One, Two, Three then since Kino's letting things expire.

Kino did release that movie twice on Blu-ray with the latest release on November 19, 2024.

 

[SD_Brian]

I have the previous Criterion release + the Kino (which I picked up in the "While Supplies Last" sale), so I'm covered all around.

Now that I think about it, I also still have the original Fox Blu-ray of SLIH in my "Forever Marilyn" box set. This title is definitely well represented in my library.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Now that I think about it, I also still have the original Fox Blu-ray of SLIH in my "Forever Marilyn" box set. This title is definitely well represented in my library.

I have three Blu-ray releases and one 4K/UHD release of Some Like It Hot. That's enough for me.

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[plektret]

I have three Blu-ray releases and one 4K/UHD release of Some Like It Hot. That's enough for me.

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That is exactly what I have too

 

[Osato]

I have the kino 4k and will pass on this latest reissue too.

 

[plektret]

This would be a great opportunity for Criterion to improve the mastering of the mono track. The noise reduction is currently turned up to eleven, erasing a lot of ambient sounds, dialogue clearness etc. I'd prefer zero filtering but they could at least compromise and turn it down half way. Won't happen though, knowing how Criterion loves aggressive filtering.