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The Apartment

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Trailer 2
85%
335. Best
Ratings and fans
Drama / Comedy / Romance
USA, 1960, 125 min

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C.C. Bud Baxter (Jack 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), his career prospects begin to look up... and up. But when he discovers that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), the girl of his dreams, he finds himself forced to choose between his career and the woman he loves. (Arrow Films)

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Awards

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Academy Awards

  • 1961 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
  • 1961 - Billy Wilder (Best Achievement in Directing)
  • 1961 - Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond (Best Original Screenplay)
  • 1961 - Best Achievement in Film Editing
  • 1961 - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White)
  • 1961 - Jack Lemmon (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
  • 1961 - Shirley MacLaine (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
  • 1961 - Jack Kruschen (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
  • 1961 - Joseph LaShelle (Best Cinematography (Black-and-White))
  • 1961 - Best Sound Mixing