Widely regarded as a comedy in 1960, The Apartment seems more melancholy with each passing year. Jack Lemmon plays C.C. Baxter, a go-getting office worker who loans his tiny apartment to his philandering superiors for their romantic trysts. He runs into trouble when he finds himself sharing a girlfriend (Shirley MacLaine) with his callous boss (Fred MacMurray). Director/co-writer Billy Wilder claimed that the idea for The Apartment stemmed from a short scene in the 1945 romantic drama Brief Encounter in which the illicit lovers (Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson) arrange a rendezvous in a third person's apartment. Wilder was intrigued about what sort of person would willingly vacate his residence to allow virtual strangers a playing field for hanky panky. His answer to that question wound up winning 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The Apartment was adapted by Neil Simon and Burt Bacharach into the 1969 Broadway musical Promises, Promises.

STARS...........: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray DIRECTOR........: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond WRITERS.........: Billy Wilder GENRE...........: Comedy, Drama, Romance IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053604 RUNTIME.........: 2h 04mn SIZE............: 6.78 GB VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4) BITRATE.........: 7000 Kbps (2-pass) RESOLUTION......: 1920x816 ASPECT RATIO....: 2.35:1 FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps AUDIO1..........: English E-AC3 5.0 512kbps AUDIO2..........: English AAC 1.0 165kbps CVBR AUDIO3..........: Commentary with Bruce Block SUBTITLES.......: ENG SOURCE..........: Arrow Limited Edition Blu-ray ENCODE DATE.....: 2020-01-18

Extras

• The Key to The Apartment • Selected Scene Commentary • The Flawed Couple • A Letter to Castro • An Informal Conversation with Billy Wilder • Restoration Showreel • Inside The Apartment • Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon • Trailer