Rating: NR
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 02/05/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol/French
Sound: DD5.1/DD1
Run Time: 125 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Widely regarded as a comedy in 1960,
The Apartment seems more melancholy with each passing year.
Jack Lemmon plays C.C. Baxter, a go-getting office worker who loans his tiny apartment to his philandering superiors for their romantic trysts. He runs into trouble when he finds himself sharing a girlfriend (
Shirley MacLaine) with his callous boss (
Fred MacMurray). Director/co-writer
Billy Wilder claimed that the idea for
The Apartment stemmed from a short scene in the 1945 romantic drama
Brief Encounter in which the illicit lovers (
Trevor Howard and
Celia Johnson) arrange a rendezvous in a third person's apartment. Wilder was intrigued about what sort of person would willingly vacate his residence to allow virtual strangers a playing field for hanky panky. His answer to that question wound up winning 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.
The Apartment was adapted by
Neil Simon and
Burt Bacharach into the 1969 Broadway musical
Promises, Promises.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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An Oscar-Winning Adult Romantic Comedy.
This would be called Billy Wilder's ultimate film masterpiece since Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Billy Wilder as Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray are the main characters in this adult comedy about an insurance company office clerk (Lemmon), who hopes to further his career by lending his apartment to his boss (MacMurray) for use for romantic interludes with his mistress, an elevator girl (MacLaine) of whom, he too, has his own romantic interests. Also starring Ray Walston, Edie Adams, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Hope Holliday, Joan Shawlee, David White, Naomi Stevens, Joyce Jameson, and Johnny Seven.
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