The Apartment

Buy This Item The Apartment by MGM (Video & DVD)  Available from Amazon  $11.99  on 8-31-2008     Winner* of five 1960 Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Picture, The Apartment is legendary writer/director Billy Wilder at his scathing, satirical best, and one of "the finest comedies Hollywood has turned out" (Newsweek). C.C. "Bud" Baxter (Jack Lemmon) knows the way to success in businessit's through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hideaway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions. But when Bud lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray), he not only advances his career, but his own love life as well. For Sheldrake's mistress is the lovely Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), elevator girl and angel of Bud's dreams. Convinced that he is the only man for Fran, Bud must makethe most important executive decision of his career: lose the girlor his job. *1960: Director, Story and Screenplay, Editing, Art Direction (B&W) Reader Reviews I watched this on the advise of a friend who thought this was "an essential". Robert Osbourne praised this on TCM too. Robert Osbourn commented it was neither a comedy, nor a drama but something in between or in it's own class. My friend thinks it is "hysterical". Everyone has opinions, sometimes they contradict as is the case with my view of this film. I think in it's day, yes it probably was hysterical.I think the problem is its aging badly. Also, I was not convinced a man would really sleep on a park bench rather than keep his job ranking. This is personal opinion.

The Apartment Available from Amazon Price: $11.99 Updated on 8-31-2008.

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