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