| Other author/creator | Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 screenwriter, producer, director. |
| Other author/creator | Diamond, I. A. L. screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Lemmon, Jack actor. |
| Other author/creator | MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- actor. |
| Other author/creator | MacMurray, Fred, 1908-1991 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Walston, Ray, 1914-2001 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Kruschen, Jack, 1922-2002 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Lewis, David, 1916-2000 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Shawlee, Joan actor. |
| Other author/creator | Stevens, Naomi actor. |
| Other author/creator | Holiday, Hope actor. |
| Other author/creator | Adams, Edie, 1927-2008 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Deutsch, Adolph, 1897-1980 composer (expression) |
| Other author/creator | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. |
| Other author/creator | Mirisch Company. |
| Other author/creator | United Artists Corporation. |
| Other author/creator | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
| Uniform title | Apartment (Motion picture : 1960) |
| Contents |
Main titles -- TV dinner -- Killing time -- Be my guest -- Two and a half colds -- Scheduling problems -- Why so popular? -- All sorts of things -- Like old times -- Trust me -- Selfish and ungrateful -- Broken mirror -- Drowning their sorrows -- Million laughs -- O-U-T -- Coffee and a prayer -- Be a mensch -- Person-to-person -- So ashamed -- Chicken soup and gin -- Jackpot -- Lunch date -- Out of her system -- Brother-in-law -- Footprint in the sand -- Kick in the head -- All washed up -- Ring in the new. |
| Abstract |
How far will a man go to climb the corporate ladder? C.C. 'Bud' Baxter, a lowly insurance clerk, has a trump card: his apartment. He "loans" it out to married company executives for secret trysts. In return, he's well looked after, although he does grapple with his conscience. One day he asks out one of the elevator girls, Miss Kubelik, but she stands him up because of a crisis in her relationship with the big boss, Mr. Sheldrake. On Christmas Eve, Miss Kubelik realizes she is only the most recent in a long line of girls, with possibly disastrous consequences. Bud intervenes, which may give each of them a chance to be more than another faceless employee in a heartless corporation. |
| General note | Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1960. |
| General note | Special features: Commentary with film historian Bruce Block [audio feature]; Inside "The Apartment" [featurette] (30 min.); Magic time: The art of Jack Lemmon [featurette] (13 min.). |
| Credits | Director of photography, Joseph LaShelle ; music by Adolph Deutsch ; art director, Alexander Trauner ; film editor, Daniel Mandell. |
| Cast |
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Hope Holiday, Joan Shawlee, Naomi Stevens, Johnny Seven, Joyce Jameson, Willard Waterman, David White, Edie Adams. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Not rated; Canadian Home Video rating: 14A. |
| Technical details | DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital mono; wide screen, aspect ratio 2.35:1. |
| Language | In English, dubbed French or Spanish, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned in English. |
| Awards note | Academy Awards, 1961: Best art direction, best director, best editing, best picture, best screenplay. |
| Awards note | National Film Registry selection, 1994. |
| Awards note | Winner, 1961 Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle; Best Film Editing: Daniel Mandell; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay-Written Directly for the Screen: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond; Best Director: Billy Wilder; Best Picture: Billy Wilder. |
| Genre/form | Feature films United States. |
| Genre/form | Comedy. |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Romantic comedy films. |
| UPC |
883904100805 50 |
| Publisher number | 110080 MGM DVD |
| Stock number | Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com |