TCM later:
((FUN night!))
12:00 AM -- Silver Streak (1976)
1h 53m | Adventure | TV-MA
A book editor takes a train from Los Angeles to Chicago, looking forward to a restful trip.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder
Nominee for an Oscar for Best Sound -- Donald O. Mitchell, Douglas O. Williams, Richard Tyler and Harold M. Etherington
When meeting Gene Wilder after having seen Silver Streak (1976), Cary Grant asked him if the script had been in any way inspired by North by Northwest (1959). As Wilder admitted it was correct, Grant then added, "I knew it! Have you noticed that each time you take ordinary people, say, like you and me, then take them in a situation way above their heads, it makes a great thriller?"
3:45 AM -- Some Like It Hot (1959)
2h | Comedy | TV-PG
When a pair of bumbling, out-of-work musicians, accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Winner of an Oscar for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White -- Orry-Kelly
Nominee for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Jack Lemmon, Best Director -- Billy Wilder, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White -- Charles Lang, and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White -- Ted Haworth and Edward G. Boyle
When Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon first put on the female makeup and costumes, they walked around the Goldwyn Studios lot to see if they could "pass" as women. Then they tried using mirrors in public ladies rooms to fix their makeup, and when none of the women using it complained, they knew they could be convincing as women. There is a scene on the train recreating this moment.
