| The Apartment | |
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| Directed by | Billy Wilder |
| Produced by | Billy Wilder |
| Written by | Billy Wilder I.A.L. Diamond |
| Starring | Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine Fred MacMurray |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) |  June 15,1960 20 July, 1960 |
| Running time | 125 min. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist IAL Diamond ( June 27, 1920 - April 21, 1988) was a comedy writer in Hollywood during the 1940s and '50s. John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known Frederick Martin MacMurray ( August 30, 1908 &ndash November 5, 1991) was an American Actor who appeared in over one This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,000,000 (est. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States ) |
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The Apartment is a 1960 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known Frederick Martin MacMurray ( August 30, 1908 &ndash November 5, 1991) was an American Actor who appeared in over one It was Wilder's follow up to the enormously popular Some Like It Hot and was an equal commercial and critical hit, grossing $25 million dollars at the box office, and winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. Some Like It Hot is a 1959 Comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working
It was later adapted by Neil Simon, Burt Bacharach and Hal David into the Broadway musical Promises, Promises. Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American Playwright and Screenwriter Burt Bacharach (ˈbækəræk born May 12, 1928) is an American Pianist and Composer. Hal David (born May 25, 1921 in New York City, New York) is an American Lyricist and Songwriter. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Promises Promises is a Broadway Musical comedy based on the film The Apartment by Billy Wilder.
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Plot
C. C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) is a lonely office drone for an insurance company in New York City. John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles The City of New York Four different company managers take turns commandeering his apartment, which is located on West 67th Street on the Upper West Side, for their various extramarital liaisons. The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River Unhappy with the situation, but unwilling to challenge them directly, he juggles their conflicting demands while hoping to catch the eye of fetching elevator operator Miss Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine). Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known Meanwhile the neighbors, a medical doctor and his wife, assume Baxter is a "good time Charlie" who gets a different woman drunk every night. Baxter accepts their criticism rather than reveal the truth.
The four managers write glowing reports about Baxter. The reports are a little too glowing. Personnel director Mr. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) suspects something illicit behind the praise. Frederick Martin MacMurray ( August 30, 1908 &ndash November 5, 1991) was an American Actor who appeared in over one Mr. Sheldrake lets Baxter's promotion go unchallenged on condition that Baxter's apartment accept a fifth regular customer. Still delighted about the promotion, Baxter asks Miss Kubelik to a Broadway show. She agrees, then stands him up. On Christmas Eve, Baxter is astounded to come home and find her in his bed, fully clothed, and overdosed on sleeping pills. Mr. Sheldrake had borrowed the apartment for the evening.
Baxter and his neighbor the doctor keep her alive and safe without notifying the authorities. She explains that she had an affair with Mr. Sheldrake the previous summer, ended it when his wife returned from vacation, and caved in to his appeals and promises later in the fall. When Sheldrake offered her money instead of a Christmas present she realized the ugliness of the situation and tried to commit suicide. The act shows a startling side of her usually sunny personality. Baxter tries to comfort her with assurances of Sheldrake's concern even though Sheldrake refuses to speak to her on the telephone.
Kubelik recuperates in Baxter's apartment for two days, long enough for her taxi driver brother-in-law to assume the worst of Baxter and come to blows. Sheldrake's catty secretary, one of his former mistresses, "educates" Mrs. Sheldrake. Faced with divorce, Sheldrake moves into a room at his athletic club and continues to string Kubelik along while he enjoys his newfound bachelorhood. Baxter finally takes a stand when Sheldrake demands the apartment for New Year's Eve, which results in Baxter quitting the firm. Kubelik realizes that Baxter is the man who truly loves her and leaves Sheldrake on New Year's Eve to be with him that evening and runs to him. They end as two misfits, both out of a job, playing a game of gin rummy. Gin rummy (or Gin for short is a simple and popular two-player Card game created by Elwood T When Baxter declares his love for Kubelik, her reply is the now-famous final line of the movie: "Shut up and deal. "
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as C. John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles C. 'Bud' Baxter
- Shirley MacLaine as Fran Kubelik
- Fred MacMurray as Jeff D. Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known Frederick Martin MacMurray ( August 30, 1908 &ndash November 5, 1991) was an American Actor who appeared in over one Sheldrake
- Ray Walston as Joe Dobisch
- Jack Kruschen as Dr. Ray Walston ( December 2 1914 – January 1 2001) was an American stage, Television and Feature film Jack Kruschen ( March 20, 1922 &ndash April 2, 2002) was a Canadian -born Character actor who worked primarily in American Dreyfuss
- David Lewis as Al Kirkeby
- Hope Holiday as Mrs. David Lewis may refer to: Academics David Lewis (lawyer (c1520–1584 civil lawyer and first Principal of Jesus College Oxford David Hope Holiday ( November 30, 1938) was born in New York, NY. Has extensive Broadway Musical Comedy background has acted in 1960s 70s and 80s Margie MacDougall
- Joan Shawlee as Sylvia
- Naomi Stevens as Mrs. Joan Shawlee was an American actress who appeared in over thirty films all of which were small roles Mildred Dreyfuss
- Johnny Seven as Karl Matuschka
- Joyce Jameson as The blonde
- Willard Waterman as Mr. Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army is a multi-function toy weapon produced by Deluxe Reading under their Topper Toys toyline and released in 1964 Willard Waterman (b Willard Lewis Waterman, August 29, 1914 in Madison Wisconsin; d Vanderhoff
- David White as Mr. David White ( April 4 1916 – November 27 1990) was an American stage film and television actor Eichelberger
- Edie Adams as Miss Olsen
Trivia
- When Baxter first goes to his apartment, he tries to watch the 1932 film Grand Hotel, but too many commercials frustrates him and he turns the television off (making this the first Best Picture movie to mention another Best Picture movie). Edie Adams (born April 16 1927) is an American singer Broadway, television and film actress Grand Hotel is a 1932 MGM Pre-Code Art Deco Film that won the Best Picture Oscar.
- To create the impression of a very large bureau in the scenes where Baxter is behind his desk, director Billy Wilder used dwarf actors and specially designed furniture.
- It was said that while filming the scene where C. C. Baxter sleeps in Central Park in the rain, Billy Wilder had to spray Jack Lemmon with anti-freeze to keep him from freezing. Central Park is a large public Urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually
- The nasal spray used by Jack Lemmon was actually milk. Real nasal spray would not have shown up on camera.
- Billy Wilder also used the character name Sheldrake in Sunset Boulevard (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Kiss Me, Stupid (1964). Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American Film noir classic Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, it was named Ace in the Hole is a 1951 American Drama film. It marked a series of firsts for auteur Billy Wilder: it was the first time Kiss Me Stupid is a 1964 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Dean Martin and Kim Novak
- Billy Wilder originally thought of the idea for the film after seeing Brief Encounter (1945) and wondering about the plight of a character unseen in that film. Brief Encounter is a 1945 British Film about the Mores of British suburban life centring on a housewife for whom real love (as opposed Shirley MacLaine was only given forty pages of the script because Wilder didn't want her to know how the story would turn out. She thought it was because the script wasn't finished.
- Paul Douglas was cast as Sheldrake but died before filming began. Paul Douglas ( April 11, 1907 - September 11, 1959) was an American film actor
- Billy Wilder claimed that he and I. A. L. Diamond already had Jack Lemmon in mind to play Baxter when they wrote the screenplay. In an interview years later, Lemmon confirmed this.
- Shirley MacLaine filmed her famous cameo in Ocean's Eleven (1960) during a break in filming this movie. Ocean's Eleven (or Ocean's 11) is a 1960 Heist film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring five Rat Packers Frank
- This was the last B&W movie to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards until Schindler's List (1993). Schindler's List is a Biographical film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian.
- This was also the film that Marilyn Monroe wanted to be in. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma She had previously starred with Lemmon in Some Like It Hot. But when she did not get the part, there is a line in the film that was dedicated to Monroe. When a character needs to use C. C Baxter's (Jack Lemmon) apartment to be with his pretty blonde girlfriend, Baxter begins to leave his apartment in an angry, sarcastic way: "No trouble at all, Mr Dobisch! Be my guest. Never closed at Buddy Boy's. Looks like Marilyn Monroe!"
- The film was later remade in India as the Hindi film Raaste Kaa Patthar (1972) starring Amitabh Bachchan[1]
Awards
Academy Awards
Wins
- Best Picture — Billy Wilder
- Art Direction — Edward G. Boyle, and Alexandre Trauner
- Editing — Daniel Mandell
- Best Director — Billy Wilder
- Original Screenplay — Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The career of Set decorator Edward G Boyle 1899 - 1977 really kicked off in the early 30s when he started working on the first of over 100 films Alexandre Trauner ( August 3, 1906 in Budapest, Hungary - December 5, 1993 in Omonville-la-Petite, France The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934 Daniel Mandell ( 1895-07-13 - 1987-06-08) was a three time Academy Award winning Film editor. The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material IAL Diamond ( June 27, 1920 - April 21, 1988) was a comedy writer in Hollywood during the 1940s and '50s.
Nominations
- Best Actor — Jack Lemmon
- Best Actress — Shirley MacLaine
- Supporting Actor — Jack Kruschen
- Cinematography — Joseph LaShelle
- Sound — Gordon Sawyer
Although Jack Lemmon did not win, at the 2000 Awards, Kevin Spacey dedicated his Oscar for American Beauty to Lemmon's performance. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Jack Kruschen ( March 20, 1922 &ndash April 2, 2002) was a Canadian -born Character actor who worked primarily in American The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture. Joseph LaShelle, ASC ( July 9, 1900 - August 20, 1989) was a Los Angeles born film Cinematographer. The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic Sound mixing or recording 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26 1959 is an American actor and Film director. American Beauty is a 1999 Drama film set in modern American Suburbia. According to the behind-the-scenes feature on the American Beauty DVD, the film's director, Sam Mendes, had watched The Apartment (among other classic American movies) as inspiration in preparation for shooting his film. Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and Film director.
Other
The Apartment also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source and Lemmon and MacLaine both won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe each for their performances. This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language and Alexander Korda Award for Best British The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The film appears at #93 on the influential American Film Institute list of Top 100 Films, as well as at #20 on their list of 100 Laughs and at #62 on their 100 Passions list. The American Film Institute ( AFI) is an independent Non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 The first of the AFI 100 Years series of cinematic milestones AFI's 100 Years Part of the AFI 100 Years series, AFI's 100 Years 100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 comedy movies in American cinema Part of the AFI 100 Years series, AFI's 100 Years 100 Passions is a list of the top 100 love stories in American cinema In 2007, the film rose on the AFI's Top 100 list to #80. AFI’s 100 Years100 Movies — 10th Anniversary Edition was the 2007 updated version of 100 Years… 100 Movies. In 1994, The Apartment was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress The National Film Registry is the registry of Films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Currently the film is ranked 67th on Shoot Pictures Don't They's poll of the '1000 Greatest Films of All-Time', as voted by 1,604 critics, filmmakers, reviewers, scholars and other likely film types. In 2002, a poll of film directors done by Sight and Sound magazine listed it as the 14th greatest film of all time (tied with La Dolce Vita)[2]. Sight & Sound ( is a British monthly Film Magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI In 2006, Premiere voted this film as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time".
References
External links
- The Apartment at the Internet Movie Database
- The Apartment script at the Internet Movie Script Database
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Ben-Hur |
Academy Award for Best Picture 1960 |
Succeeded by West Side Story |
| Preceded by Ben-Hur |
BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source 1961 |
Succeeded by Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler |
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