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The Apartment (1960)
8.4
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. Director:Billy Wilder |
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Won 5 Oscars.
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Cast
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Joe Dobisch
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Jack Kruschen | ... |
Dr. Dreyfuss
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Hope Holiday | ... |
Mrs. Margie MacDougall
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Joan Shawlee | ... |
Sylvia
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Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
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Johnny Seven | ... |
Karl Matuschka
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Joyce Jameson | ... |
The Blonde
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Willard Waterman | ... |
Mr. Vanderhoff
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David White | ... |
Mr. Eichelberger
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Miss Olsen
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Storyline
Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurance company. He's discovered a quick way to climb the corporate ladder - by lending out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. He often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits and one night he's left with a major problem to solve. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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Movie-wise, there has never been anything like THE APARTMENT laugh-wise or otherwise-wise! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(France) See more »Also Known As:
Piso de soltero See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$25,000,000 (Worldwide) (January 1970)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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C.C. Baxter: [narrating] On November 1st, 1959, the population of New York City was 8,042,783. If you laid all these people end to end, figuring an average height of five feet six and a half inches, they would reach from Times Square to the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. I know facts like this because I work for an insurance company - Consolidated Life of New York. We're one of the top five companies in the country. Our home office has 31,259 employees, which is more than the entire population of uhh...
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(1949) (uncredited)
(Theme from 'The Apartment')
from The Romantic Age
Music by Charles Williams
Played during the opening credits and often throughout the film See more »
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Trivia
This was the last B&W movie to win Best Picture at The Academy Awards until The Artist. Schindler's List which won in 1994 was not completely B&W as some scenes were in color, like the girl in the red and the candle at the beginning. See more »Goofs
Plot holes: Prior to the introduction of microwaves years later, C.C. Baxter could never have popped a frozen TV dinner in an oven, cooked it and sat down to dinner within the short time span he does in the movie - the space of a few minutes. See more »Quotes
[first lines]C.C. Baxter: [narrating] On November 1st, 1959, the population of New York City was 8,042,783. If you laid all these people end to end, figuring an average height of five feet six and a half inches, they would reach from Times Square to the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. I know facts like this because I work for an insurance company - Consolidated Life of New York. We're one of the top five companies in the country. Our home office has 31,259 employees, which is more than the entire population of uhh...
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Soundtracks
"Jealous Lover"(1949) (uncredited)
(Theme from 'The Apartment')
from The Romantic Age
Music by Charles Williams
Played during the opening credits and often throughout the film See more »
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