The Seven Year Itch
06/01/1955 AD released
American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, from a screenplay he co-wrote with George Axelrod from the 1952 three-act play. The film stars Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, who reprized his role. It contains one of the most iconic pop-culture images of the 20th century – Monroe standing on a subway grate as her white dress is blown upwards by a passing train.
The titular phrase, which refers to a waning interest in monogamous relationship after seven years of marriage, has been used by psychologists.
A major commercial success, the film earned $6 million in rentals at the North American box office.[9] Critical response
The original 1955 review by Variety was largely positive. Though Hollywood production codes prohibited writer-director Billy Wilder from filming a comedy where adultery takes place, the review expressed disappointment that Sherman remains chaste. Some critics compared Richard Sherman to the fantasizing lead character in James Thurber's short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty".
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of 30 reviews from critics are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10.
In the 1970s Wilder called the movie "a nothing picture because the picture should be done today without censorship... Unless the husband, left alone in New York while the wife and kid are away for the summer, has an affair with that girl there's nothing. But you couldn't do that in those days, so I was just straitjacketed. It just didn't come off one bit, and there's nothing I can say about it except I wish I hadn't made it. I wish I had the property now."
Lattitude: 34.05° N
Longitude: 118.25° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
