| Description |
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital mono; wide screen, aspect ratio 2.35:1. |
| Language |
In English, dubbed French or Spanish, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
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. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Joseph LaShelle ; music by Adolph Deutsch ; art director, Alexander Trauner ; film editor, Daniel Mandell. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1960. |
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Special features: Commentary with film historian Bruce Block [audio feature]; Inside "The Apartment" [featurette] (30 min.); Magic time: The art of Jack Lemmon [featurette] (13 min.). |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Not rated; Canadian Home Video rating: 14A. |
| Summary |
How far will a man go to climb the corporate ladder? C.C. 'Bud' Baxter, a lowly insurance clerk, has a trump card: his apartment. He "loans" it out to married company executives for secret trysts. In return, he's well looked after, although he does grapple with his conscience. One day he asks out one of the elevator girls, Miss Kubelik, but she stands him up because of a crisis in her relationship with the big boss, Mr. Sheldrake. On Christmas Eve, Miss Kubelik realizes she is only the most recent in a long line of girls, with possibly disastrous consequences. Bud intervenes, which may give each of them a chance to be more than another faceless employee in a heartless corporation. |
| Contents |
Main titles -- TV dinner -- Killing time -- Be my guest -- Two and a half colds -- Scheduling problems -- Why so popular? -- All sorts of things -- Like old times -- Trust me -- Selfish and ungrateful -- Broken mirror -- Drowning their sorrows -- Million laughs -- O-U-T -- Coffee and a prayer -- Be a mensch -- Person-to-person -- So ashamed -- Chicken soup and gin -- Jackpot -- Lunch date -- Out of her system -- Brother-in-law -- Footprint in the sand -- Kick in the head -- All washed up -- Ring in the new. |
| Awards |
Winner, 1961 Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle; Best Film Editing: Daniel Mandell; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay-Written Directly for the Screen: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond; Best Director: Billy Wilder; Best Picture: Billy Wilder. |
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Love -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Clerks -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Loneliness -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Adultery -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Apartments -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Insurance companies -- Employees -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1961.
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| Genre |
DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002.
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Diamond, I. A. L.
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Lemmon, Jack.
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MacLaine, Shirley, 1934-
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MacMurray, Fred, 1908-1991.
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Walston, Ray, 1917-2001.
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Kruschen, Jack, 1922-2002.
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Lewis, David, 1916-2000.
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Shawlee, Joan.
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Stevens, Naomi.
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Holiday, Hope.
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Adams, Edie, 1927-2008.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Mirisch Company.
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United Artists Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
883904100805 |
| Music No. |
110080 MGM DVD |
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