description The Apartment Overview
The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy directed by Billy Wilder. Jack Lemmon plays an insurance clerk who unwittingly facilitates affairs within his apartment, leading to complications involving a colleague and his girlfriend. Ray Walston and Edie Adams appear in supporting roles within the narrative.
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info The Apartment Specifications
| Country | United States |
| Year | 1960 |
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Who directed The Apartment?
The Apartment was directed by Billy Wilder, who also co-wrote the screenplay with I.A.L. Diamond. It was released in 1960 and went on to win five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Who stars in the 1960 movie The Apartment?
The film stars Jack Lemmon as C.C. Baxter, an insurance clerk, and Shirley MacLaine as Fran Kubelik, an elevator operator. The cast also includes Fred MacMurray as the antagonistic personnel director Jeff Sheldrake.
What is the plot of The Apartment?
The story revolves around a lonely office worker who allows his superiors to use his apartment for their extramarital affairs to climb the corporate ladder. Complications arise when he realizes the woman he loves is having an affair with his boss in his own home.
Did The Apartment win Best Picture at the Oscars?
Yes, it won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 33rd Academy Awards in 1961. It was the last black-and-white film to win this top honor until Schindler's List in 1993.
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