Sedona AZ: The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to welcome legendary Oscar-nominated actor Tony Curtis to town for special screenings of “Some Like It Hot” and “Sweet Smell of Success” on Thursday, Oct. 8. Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne will be hosting the films and conducting live Q and A discussions with Mr. Curtis following both screenings.
“Some Like It Hot” will be featured at 4 p.m., and “Sweet Smell of Success” will debut at 7 p.m., at Harkins Sedona Six Theatres. The event kicks off a weekend celebration entitled “Tony Curtis: Legendary Actor, Legendary Artist” featuring the films, a special gallery exhibit at The Goldenstein Gallery, and appearances and book signings at the Sedona Arts Festival.
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This is a big coup for Sedona and for anyone who is a Tony Curtis fan,” said Patrick Schweiss, festival director. “To get to experience his films the way they are meant to be seen — on the big screen — and then get to meet the actor himself and enjoy a Q&A with classic movie master Robert Osborne and Mr. Curtis simply goes beyond description. It is Hollywood movie magic at its finest … live, right here in Sedona!”
Director Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning sensation “Some Like It Hot” will be featured at 4 p.m. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards (winning one for Best Costume Design) and won three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture.
Two penurious musicians, Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon), witness what looks like the Saint Valentine's Day massacre of 1929. When the Chicago gangsters see them, the duo flee for their lives. They escape and decide to leave town, only to find the sole out-of-town jobs available are in an all-girl musical band headed to Florida. The two disguise themselves as women, calling themselves Josephine and Geraldine (later Jerry changes his pseudonym to Daphne), join the band and board a train. Joe and Jerry both become enamored of "Sugar Kane" (Marilyn Monroe), the band's sexy vocalist and ukulele player, and struggle for her affection while maintaining their disguises.
