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The Apartment (1960)

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User Rating: 8.4/10 (25,390 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Billy Wilder
Writers:
Billy Wilder (written by) and
I.A.L. Diamond (written by)
Release Date:
16 September 1960 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Romance | Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
A Billy "Some Like It Hot" Wilder Production more
Plot:
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Some Famous Famous Last Words (From Get The Big Picture. 1 July 2008, 5:21 PM, PDT)
Billy Wilder Dead At 95 (From Studio Briefing. 29 March 2002)
User Comments:
A rare gem, this is a blessedly adult comedy with great performances, great writing and the kind of depth hardly ever seen in the more vapid, formulaic romantic comedies of today. more

Cast

 (Complete credited cast)

Jack Lemmon ... Calvin Clifford 'C.C.' Baxter

Shirley MacLaine ... Fran Kubelik

Fred MacMurray ... Jeff D. Sheldrake
Ray Walston ... Joe Dobisch
Jack Kruschen ... Dr. Dreyfuss
David Lewis ... Al Kirkeby
Hope Holiday ... Mrs. Margie MacDougall
Joan Shawlee ... Sylvia

Naomi Stevens ... Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
Johnny Seven ... Karl Matuschka
Joyce Jameson ... The Blonde
Willard Waterman ... Mr. Vanderhoff
David White ... Mr. Eichelberger

Edie Adams ... Miss Mary Olsen - Sheldrake's Secretary
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Additional Details

Runtime:
125 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Brazil:Livre | Argentina:16 | Australia:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (1994) | Canada:G (Quebec) (2000) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #19647) | West Germany:16
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Trivia:
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #80 Greatest Movie of All Time. more
Goofs:
A week-old strand of spaghetti on Baxter's tennis racquet is still soft and pliable. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
C.C. Baxter: [narrating] On November 1st, 1959, the population of New York City was 8,042,783. If you laid all these people end to end, figuring an average height of five feet six and a half inches, they would reach from Times Square to the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. I know facts like this because I work for an insurance company - Consolidated Life of New York. We're one of the top five companies in the country. Our home office has 31,259 employees, which is more than the entire population of uhh...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Step by Step: The Apartment (#3.2)" (1993) more
Soundtrack:
The Jealous Lover more

FAQ

Why does Baxter have a cold? It doesn't seem to fit into the plot.
How does it end?
A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
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49 out of 53 people found the following comment useful:-
A rare gem, this is a blessedly adult comedy with great performances, great writing and the kind of depth hardly ever seen in the more vapid, formulaic romantic comedies of today., 15 October 2004
10/10
Author: cwelty1 from Orlando, FL

Written by the great filmmaker Billy Wilder, this is a serious, sardonic comedy for people who've known what's its like to feel the pressure of compromising your principles or your self- respect for the sake of getting ahead in life. And there are very few over the age of consent who haven't had to at one time or another. This isn't the laugh out loud comedy of Jim Carrey or the Farrelly brothers, but a subtle, nuanced comedy about two people who have both been jaded in love and yet continue to hope again and again that it will someday work out for them -- mainly because despite the unlikeable things they do, they are both basically decent, nice people. Flawed and even weak at times, but good people. This is a movie that doesn't just make it you laugh, it makes you think. A rare find indeed.

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