The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jack Lemmon
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
Billy Wilder
Director
Willard Waterman
Mr. Vanderhoff
David White
Mr. Eichelberger
I. A. L. Diamond
Writer
Edie Adams
Miss Olsen
Dorothy Abbott
Office Worker (uncredited)
Adolph Deutsch
Composer
Ralph Moratz
Office Worker (uncredited)
Joseph LaShelle
Cinematographer
Joe Palma
Office Maintenance Man (uncredited) / Stand In
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Bill Baldwin
TV Movie Host (uncredited)
Benny Burt
Charlie - Bartender (uncredited)
Lynn Cartwright
Elevator Supervisor with Clicker (uncredited)
Mason Curry
Bit Part (uncredited)
David Macklin
Messenger (uncredited)
Hal Smith
Man in Santa Claus Suit (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Office Worker (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Office Worker (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Lars Hensen
Office Worker (uncredited)
Eugene Jackson
Office Worker (uncredited)
Frances Weintraub Lax
Mrs. Lieberman (uncredited)
William Meader
Executive (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Office Worker (uncredited)
Paul Power
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Tony Regan
Executive (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Office Worker (uncredited)
Sid Troy
Williams (uncredited)
John Williams
Orchestrator
Doane Harrison
Associate Producer
Alexandre Trauner
Production Design / Art Direction
Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration
Harry Ray
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 21, 1960
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Budget$3,000,000
Box Office$25,000,000
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States
Genres
Wiki.
The Apartment is a 1960 American romantic comedy-drama film 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 building, unaware that she is having an affair with the head of personnel (MacMurray).
The Apartment was distributed by United Artists to widespread critical acclaim and was a commercial success, despite controversy owing to its subject matter. It became the 8th highest-grossing film of 1960. At the 33rd Academy Awards, the film was nominated for ten awards, and won five, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Lemmon, MacLaine and Kruschen were Oscar-nominated. Lemmon and MacLaine won Golden Globe Awards for their performances. It provided the basis for Promises, Promises, a 1968 Broadway musical by Burt Bacharach, Hal David and Neil Simon.
The Apartment has come to be regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, appearing in lists by the American Film Institute and Sight and Sound magazine. In 1994, it was one of the 25 films selected for inclusion to the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.