| Edition |
Collector's edition, widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960. |
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Special features: Audio commentary with Bruce Block-film producer and historian ; Inside the Apartment documentary ; Magic time : the art of Jack Lemmon. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Joseph LaShelle ; music by Adolph Deutsch ; art director, Alexander Trauner ; film editor, Daniel Mandell. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital mono. |
| 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. |
| Language |
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Love -- Drama.
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Clerks -- Drama.
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Loneliness -- Drama.
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Adultery -- Drama.
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Apartments -- Drama.
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Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Insurance companies -- Employees -- Drama.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Drama.
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Apartments -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Adultery -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Promotions -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature 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 50 |
| Music No. |
110080 MGM DVD |
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