The Apartment(Movie, 1960)

Name: The Apartment
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 1960
Duration: T02:5:00
Rating: 4.1

| 2h 5min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 4.1/5 (with 982 votes)

The Apartment is a 1960 American romantic comedy-drama directed and produced by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond. It stars Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Willard Waterman, David White, Hope Holiday and Edie Adams. The film follows an insurance clerk (Lemmon) who, in hopes of climbing the corporate ladder, allows more senior coworkers to use his Upper West Side apartment to conduct their extramarital affairs. He is attracted to an elevator operator (MacLaine) in his office buil... ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Apartment

Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White nominated for: Academy Award for Best Sound

About The Apartment

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

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Trailer for The Apartment + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Apartment (1960) | Official Trailer | MGM Studios(Trailer, 2:31)

The Apartment (1960) | Official Trailer | MGM Studios (Trailer)

The Apartment (1960) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p] (Trailer)

Official Trailer (Trailer)

THE APARTMENT (1960) | Office Christmas Party Scene | MGM (Clip)

THE APARTMENT (1960) | Baxter Gets A Promotion | MGM (Clip)

THE APARTMENT (1960) | The Elevator Operator With Shirley MacLaine | MGM (Clip)

THE APARTMENT (1960) | Opening Scene | MGM (Clip)

Trailers From Hell (Featurette)

Jack Lemmon On The Apartment (Featurette)

Critics' Pick (Featurette)

Das Appartement - 1960 (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New York City (NYC)

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Derivative works/Adaptions: "Promises, Promises" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: The Mirisch Corporation

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 31 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/21/1960

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, David Lewis, Edie Adams, Jack Kruschen, Joan Shawlee, Naomi Stevens, Johnny Seven, Joyce Jameson, David White, Paul Picerni, Hal Smith, Hope Holiday

Director: Billy Wilder

Producer: Billy Wilder

Screenwriter: Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond

Film Editor: Daniel Mandell

Director of Photography: Joseph LaShelle

Composer: Adolph Deutsch

Production Designer: Alexandre Trauner

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Ungkarlslyan"

"A legénylakás"

"아파트 열쇠를 빌려드립니다"

"Garsoniyer"

Keywords: new years eve, clerk, age difference, suicide attempt, tennis racket, christmas, black and white, lovesickness, romantic comedy, flat, extramarital affair, winter, spaghetti, new york city, office

Budget: 3,000,000 USD

Revenue: 25,000,000 USD (= 833%)

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Apartment(Movie, 1960)

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Trailer for The Apartment + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Apartment (1960) | Official Trailer | MGM Studios(Trailer, 2:31)

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