Urban Myths: Marilyn Monroe & Billy Wilder
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Arts
- 2018
- 1 episode
Comedy about the filming of Some Like It Hot. Stars Gemma Arterton, Adam Brody, Felicity Montagu, Alex Pettyfer, James Purefoy and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2018
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Gemma Arterton, Adam Brody, Felicity Montagu, Alex Pettyfer, James Purefoy, Dougray Scott, Irfan Shamji and Sean Foley
- Writer
- David Cummings
- Director
- Sean Foley
- Producers
- Zoë Rocha, Tilusha Ghelani, Jon Mountague, Charlie Laurie and Joe Kotroczo
- Company
One of Marilyn Monroe's most iconic roles was undoubtedly that of singer and ukulele player Sugar 'Kane' Kowalczyk in the 1959 romantic comedy Some Like It Hot. It is regarded as one of the greatest comedy films of all time but, behind the scenes, America's sweetheart is struggling to deliver a line.
Marilyn runs to Arthur Miller and Paula Strasberg for reassurance, leaving Billy Wilder tearing his hair out and Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon making side-bets. On the forty-seventh take, Marilyn nails it: "It's me, Sugar!"
Additional details
- Part of
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 12th April 2018 at 2:10am on Sky Arts
- Episode length
- 24 minutes
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 7th February 2023 at 1:45am on Sky Arts
- Tuesday 5th July 2022 at 10:00pm on Sky Arts
- Thursday 10th February 2022 at 2:30am on Sky Arts