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The Seven Year Itch | Year: 1955 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Billy Wilder Actors/Actresses: - Marilyn Monroe - Tom Ewell One of the Cool Movies of 50's I heard a lot about this movie before I saw this, especially for Marilyn Monroe's sexy pose adjusting her skirt on top of the subway air outlet. I was surprised, for the movie had so much more commendable. The movie is a splendid comedy about a man (Tom Ewell) married for seven years, itching over a beautiful blonde neighbor (Marilyn, of course), when his wife is off for the summer. Afterall, who wouldn't, for Monroe? The plot is nice enough for a nonstop comedy through out the movie. As usual, being a blonde, Marilyn is portrayed as a dumb and beautiful girl in the character. Specific scenes including the one where Tom tries to impress her with his taste for music are hilarious. At times, you wonder if the movie was taken depending only on Monroe for she engrosses, blending so harmoniously in her role. The screenplay is impressive with loads of gag lines. Adding this movie is sure to give your comedy collection a better look. THE ULTIMATE MARILYN..... This is the ultimate Monroe film. The one where she stands over a subway grating on a hot summer night to feel the rush of cool air from the trains passing beneath---the rush of air blowing the skirt of her sexy white halter dress up around her. But there's a movie that goes with this legendary image and it's a classic. Based on the adult Broadway play, "Itch" was watered down for the screen and stars Tom Ewell as the frustrated married man and Monroe as the Girl Upstairs. One hot New York summer, a man sends his wife and small son away for the summer---as all New York men do this time of the year according to Ewells' narration. He's left alone in their apartment to struggle with his vices---cigarettes and booze---when all of a sudden the Girl moves in sub-letting the apartment upstairs. She's a TV model and commercial actress and delightfully portrayed by Monroe. The homely and dumpy Ewell begins having steamy sex fantasies visualizing himself as a powerful lover irrestible to women. Monroe wants to be neighborly so she keeps inviting herself down to his flat frustrating the hopelessly timid Ewell. She doesn't realize her effect on him but he's got an air condtioner and it's hot upstairs. She's completely guileless. Monroe is perfect as the Girl and Ewell personifies the Everyman confronted with temptation when left to his own devices. Monroe is breathtaking in Technicolor and her performance speaks volumes about her comic potential. The subway grating scene caps her legend as a sex symbol but when you watch her performance here you see she was so much more than that. The Seven Year Itch- One of the top ten Comedies ever Nobody should die without seeing this masterpiece comedy at least 1 time. There is no doubt that this film was influential to many other great comedy films. Ideas like the main character thinking out loud and narrating the movie was used in Ferris Bueller. Ideas like using the main characters fantasies for a laugh was used in the movie A christmas story. Ofcourse this films discussion of sexual tension between males and females has been used many times in movies like American Pie. Ofcourse by todays standards The seven year itch is a classy film compared to films like American Pie. The Seven year itch did it all and influenced some of the greatest comedies of my generation(80's to present). casting=5 stars OVERALL= 4.9 TOTAL STARS DVD FEATURES: The Seven year itch has awesome DVD features. The AMC backstory explains how Tom Ewell was picked as the starring role, how the censors almost ruined the movie, and Joe Dimmagios reaction to his wife Marilyn Monroes controversial subway scene. Also included is 2 deleted scenes, restoration comparisons and previews for other Marilyn films... Buy The Seven Year Itch at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Seven Year Itch Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Seven Year Itch This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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