Description |
2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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digital optical mono rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Motion picture |
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Criterion collection. |
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Criterion collection.
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System Details |
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1); mono. |
Note |
Title from sell sheet. |
Cast |
Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Directed by Billy Wilder. On the National Film Registry. |
Note |
Special features: Audio commentary by Howard Suber; new program on Orry-Kelly's costumes for the film; three making-of documentaries; appearance from 1982 by Billy Wilder on The Dick Cavett Show; conversation from 2001 between Tony Curtis and Leonard Maltin; French television interview from 1988 with Jack Lemmon; trailer; essay by Sam Wasson. |
Subject |
Female impersonators -- Drama.
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Musicians -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Female impersonators. (OCoLC)fst00922621
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Musicians. (OCoLC)fst01030837
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Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Added Author |
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002, screenwriter.
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Diamond, I. A. L., screenwriter.
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Lemmon, Jack. actor.
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Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010.
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Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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ISBN |
9781681435213 |
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1681435217 |
Standard No. |
715515223218 |
Music No. |
CC2964DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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