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The Apartment

The Apartment

Arrow Video (1960)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
USA | English | Black & White | 02:05
Blu-ray
760137081883
| 1 disc
Region 1

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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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
Willard Waterman Mr. Vanderhoff
David White Mr. Eichelberger
Edie Adams Miss Olsen
Dorothy Abbott Office Worker
Bill Baldwin TV Movie Host
Paul Bradley Office Worker
Benny Burt Charlie - Bartender
Steve Carruthers Restaurant Patron
Lynn Cartwright Elevator Supervisor with Clicker
Dick Cherney Bar Patron
Fortune Cookie Chinese Waiter
Mason Curry Bit Part
Franklyn Farnum Office Worker
Richard George Office Worker

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Added Date Jan 08, 2018 18:13:23
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:34

Edition details

Screen Ratios Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Edition Release Date Dec 12, 2017

Notes

In 1960, following on from the success of their collaboration on Some Like it Hot, director Billy Wilder (Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard) reteamed with actor Jack Lemmon (The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross) for what many consider the pinnacle of their respective careers: The Apartment.

C.C. ''Bud'' Baxter (Lemmon) is a lowly Manhattan office drone with a lucrative sideline in renting out his apartment to adulterous company bosses and their mistresses. When Bud enters into a similar arrangement the firm's personnel director, J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray, Double Indemnity), his career prospects begin to look up... and up. But when he discovers that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine, Irma la Douce), the girl of his dreams, he finds himself forced to choose between his career and the woman he loves...

Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Apartment features a wealth of Hollywood's finest talent on both sides of the camera at the top of their game. By turns cynical, heart-warming and hilarious, Wilder's masterpiece now shines like never before in this all-new, 4K-restored edition from Arrow Films.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

Limited Deluxe Edition Blu-ray [3000 copies]
Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
Optional 5.1 remix in lossless DTS-HD Master Audio
Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with film producer and historian Bruce Block
New appreciation of the film and select scene commentary by film historian Philip Kemp
The Flawed Couple, a new video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon
Billy Wilder ABC, an overview by David Cairns on the life and career of the filmmaker, covering his films, collaborators and more
New interview with actress Hope Holiday
Inside the Apartment, a half-hour making-of featurette from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and others
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon, an archive profile of the actor from 2007
Original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD-ROM content)
Theatrical trailer
Special collector's packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick
Collector s 150-page hardcover book featuring new writing by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche, generously illustrated with rare stills and behind-the-scenes imagery

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