Some Like it Hot - 2 Disc CE (Wilder, 1959)

[Gigi M.]

Columbia/MGM July Releases for July 18. No extras yet.

[Panda]

Great News!

Hopefully, this is an improved transfer over the 2001 Special Edition that I had put off getting because of so-so reviews.

[Gigi M.]

Confirmed release for July 18.

Amazon's pre-order link.

[Antoine Doinel]

If there are no significant new extras I'll pick up the older DVD version. I have no major issues with that transfer.

[Gigi M.]

Specs from DVDActive:

[quote]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced a collector's edition of Some Like It Hot which stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. The two-disc collector's edition will be available to own from the 18th July, and should retail at around $24.96. Extras will include a new full length commentary featuring interviews with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and more, a Making of Some Like It Hot documentary, a Legacy of Some Like It Hot documentary, a “Nostalgic Look Backâ€

[Gigi M.]

More details plus artwork:

[quote]Features include:
1.66:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English DD5.1 (Newly created from Mono)
English Mono
French, Thai & Portuguese Audio
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese & Thai subtitles
New Documentary: The Making of Some Like It Hot
New Documentary: The Legacy of Some Like It Hot
New Full-Length Commentary featuring interviews with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and more
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[Antoine Doinel]

I'm on the fence with this one. I'm not huge on non-screen specific commentaries (unless it's Scorsese). The "making of/legacy" features could be interesting but not enough for me pay for a new edition. The new artwork is a bit of a yawner as well.

[souvenir]

nice to see it's anamorphic, but that artwork is terrible

[LightBulbFilm]

nice to see it's anamorphic, but that artwork is terrible

The artwork could be better. Fori nstance... The playboy fold ouyt of marylin monroe directly on the cover, the lemmon as a chick is drooling over her while the other watches with his hands in his pants. Or they could just change the background to red curtaains. Make the lipstick mark on the spine red and take Monroe's top off...

[souvenir]

The artwork could be better. Fori nstance... The playboy fold ouyt of marylin monroe directly on the cover, the lemmon as a chick is drooling over her while the other watches with his hands in his pants. Or they could just change the background to red curtaains. Make the lipstick mark on the spine red and take Monroe's top off...

Yeah, or it could have a picture of Marilyn where she didn't have lazy-eye, a gigantic head and one breast against a mustard yellow background. Oh and maybe they could have put Billy Wilder's name on the cover somewhere.

[Gigi M.]

A very positive review from DVD Movie Central:

Video ***1/2

Not only is it in anamorphic widescreen, but it is a remarkably clean and beautiful black and white transfer from MGM. Images are sharp and well-detailed throughout, with only a couple of VERY minor stretches where the print shows age in the form of some scratches or specks. The disc is free from compression artifacts, grain, shimmer, or other distractions. The range from darks to lights is superb. Marilyn has never looked so beautiful. For that matter, neither have Tony and Jack.

[Gigi M.]

Beaver

[souvenir]

This is really a great release by Sony/MGM. The anamorphic picture looks beautiful and the new extra featurettes are well put together. It's nice to have the older interviews with Jack Lemmon, Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond preserved in the digital format too. I'd love to see something similar for "The Apartment" soon also.