Rent The Apartment (1960)
4.1 of 5 from 493 ratings
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- Synopsis:
- C.C. "Bud" Baxter (Jack Lemmon) knows the way to success in business...it's through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hideaway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of underserved promotions. But when Bud lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray), he not only advances his career, but his own love life as well. For Sheldrake's mistress is the lovely Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), elevator girl and angel of Bud's dreams. Convinced that he is the only man for Fran, Bud must make the most important executive decision of his career: lose the girl... or his job.
- Actors:
- 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, Dorothy Abbott, Bill Baldwin, Paul Bradley, Benny Burt, Steve Carruthers, Lynn Cartwright
- Directors:
- Billy Wilder
- Producers:
- Billy Wilder
- Voiced By:
- Edith Simmons
- Writers:
- Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
- Others:
- Alexander Trauner, Joseph LaShelle, Edward G. Boyle, I. A. L. Diamond, Franklin E. Milton, Gordon E. Sawyer, Daniel Mandell
- Studio:
- MGM
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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- Awards:
1961 BAFTA Best Foreign Actress
1961 Oscar Best Art Direction Black and White
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/07/2013
- Run Time:
- 120 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary from Film Producer and Historian Bruce Block
- Inside the Apartment
- Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
- Theatrical Trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/03/2022
- Run Time:
- 125 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, Author of Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Bruce Block
- Inside the Apartment - Documentary
- Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon - Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (10) of The Apartment
Comic genius and a moral tale - The Apartment review by HE
Quite a daring plot for the early 1960s I thought. Jack Lemmon's acting was marvellous. The dark side of morals and behaviour of the time explored, especially the role of women in the home and the work place. Not the impact of Some Like it Hot but still very watchable.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Classic - The Apartment review by LP
Fantastic script,acting and pacing,jack lemmon brilliant and so too Shirley mclain.
Really enjoyed this,great final scene too,up there with some like it hot in my opinion.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Classic & Risqué RomCom - The Apartment review by GI
A great, classic Hollywood romcom that was very risqué at the time it was made delving, at times with a quite serious tone, into the nature of marriage and infidelity. Ultimately though it's a delightful love story. Jack Lemmon plays C.C. Baxter, a somewhat hapless insurance office worker who dreams of promotion but lacks the drive and ability to get it. However he attempts to ingratiate himself with various of the bosses by hiring out his apartment for their adulterous affairs. Managing the demands of his 'customers' is almost a full time job. When the top boss, Mr Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) wants to use the apartment C.C. thinks he'll now be in for that longed for advancement but he's in for a shock when he discovers Sheldrake is having an affair with Fran (Shirley MacLaine), the girl C.C. secretly loves. The film attacks the casual misogyny and attitudes of the men towards women, sex and the their reliance on the power of money and uses some dark turns of the story including attempted suicide, the exploration of vulnerability and emotional blackmail to expose these issues. But actually the film is a delight with Lemmon and MacLaine a sweet couple who, of course, find each other at the end. Fans of films like this will recognise where some aspects have been homaged in later romcoms (e.g. When Harry Met Sally - 1989, Sleepless in Seattle - 1993). This is a much respected film and one that is worth checking out if you've never seen it. The serious themes here are cleverly wrapped in a light comedy film making it quite a surprise when you see what it's trying to say about American society.
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