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Release Date:
17 December 1974 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's the hottest story since the Chicago Fire... And they're sitting on it.
Plot:
Hildy Johnson is the top reporter on a Chicago newspaper during the 1920s. Tired of the whole game he's determined to quit his job to get married...
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes.
Another 2 wins
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1 nomination
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(2 articles)
A bar on North Avenue
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 5 October 2009, 6:41 AM, PDT)
It's Wilder's 95th
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 22 June 2001)
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 5 October 2009, 6:41 AM, PDT)
It's Wilder's 95th
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 22 June 2001)
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one of the best scripts ever
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Lemmon | ... | Hildy Johnson |
 | Walter Matthau | ... | Walter Burns |
 | Susan Sarandon | ... | Peggy Grant |
 | Vincent Gardenia | ... | Sheriff |
| David Wayne | ... | Bensinger |
| Allen Garfield | ... | Kruger |
 | Austin Pendleton | ... | Earl Williams |
| Charles Durning | ... | Murphy |
| Herb Edelman | ... | Schwartz (as Herbert Edelman) |
 | Martin Gabel | ... | Dr. Eggelhofer |
 | Harold Gould | ... | The Mayor |
 | Cliff Osmond | ... | Jacobi |
 | Dick O'Neill | ... | McHugh |
| Jon Korkes | ... | Rudy Keppler |
| Lou Frizzell | ... | Endicott |
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105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Singapore:PG |
Australia:M |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Australia:PG (DVD rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:11 |
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Carol Burnett was extremely unhappy with her performance in this film (as were a lot of critics). The comedienne likes to tell the story of how she was a passenger on an airline that had The Front Page (1974) as its in-flight movie. At the film's conclusion, Burnett stood up and apologized to the passengers for what they'd just witnessed.
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Continuity: When Peggy decides Hildy doesn't want to leave the newspaper business, she takes her ticket and leaves the press room for the cab. A few minutes later, Bentzinger wants to come in and the door is locked, even thought neither Hildy or Burns locked it after she left.
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References Some Like It Hot (1959)
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Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine
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one of the best examples that a good script (plus in this case a wonderful cast) makes a good movie. 2/3 of the movie plays in one room and there is not a single dull moment. this movie makes you laugh and laugh with one witty line after another. for me it is the best and funniest work of billy wilder, straight followed by 'witness for the prosecution' and 'the apartement'.