The Apartment ★★★½ 1960 Lowly insurance clerk C.C. Baxter (Lemmon) tries to climb the corporate ladder by "loaning" his apartment out to executives having affairs. Problems arise, however, when he unwittingly falls for sweet elevator operator Fran Kubelik (MacLaine), the most recent girlfriend of his unfeeling boss J.D. Sheldrake (MacMurray). Highly acclaimed social satire. 125m/B VHS, DVD, Wide. Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Joan Shawlee, Edie Adams, Hope Holiday, David Lewis;
Director:
Billy Wilder;
Writer:
I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder;
Writer:
Joseph LaShelle;
Cameo:
Adolph Deutsch. Oscars '60: Art Dir./Set Dec., B&W, Director (Wilder), Film Editing, Picture, Story & Screenplay; AFI '98: Top 100; British Acad. '60: Actor (Lemmon), Actress (MacLaine), Film; Directors Guild '60: Director (Wilder); Golden Globes '61: Actor—Mus./Comedy (Lemmon), Actress—Mus./Comedy (MacLaine), Film—Mus./Comedy, Natl. Film Reg. '94;; N.Y. Film Critics '60: Director (Wilder), Film, Screenplay.
