The Apartment (DVD)

The Apartment tells the story of C.C. Baxter otherwise known as Bud played by Jack Lemmon. Baxter narrates the opening for us giving us facts and trivial statistics about New York and about the office he works in. He’s an office worker in a large room full of office workers. He works extremely hard and seems to be very mathematically minded as he relates everything to different mathematical facts and statistics. He also works an extra hour everyday ...
...to wait around outside in the cold until they’re finished and when he is allowed in his boss admonishes him for not having enough liqueur and cheese crackers. Baxter being the push-over he is apologises and promises more. They leave and he is for going to bed but all of a sudden an other boss needs the flat pronto. Without much choice he has to let them in or risk loosing his job so spends the night on a park bench. Not all is bad for Baxter though, ...

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...year again, and one of the great films to watch over the holiday period is ''''The Apartment''' released in 1960. It won 5 Oscars, including _Best Picture _category, and of course it is filmed in monochrome which suits the atmosphere of the film perfectly. Obviously the film has a dated look. There are no computers, mobile phones and TVs look old-fashioned. Post war society before the swinging 60s got underway was far more closeted, discreet and ...
...apart from being great entertainment the story itself is set over the holiday season, and much of the human condition portrayed as corporate America is still relevant today. That much hasn't changed. But just because it's old-fashioned it doesn't mean that the film doesn't work today, because it certainly delivers in spades, thanks to great acting and a good storyline. The film was written and directed by Billy Wilder, fresh from his success in ...

RippedoffPete 17.12.2008 (14.12.2008) · Read full review
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...in New York. He made the mistake once of lending someone at work his apartment and now he has to lend it to department heads for their extra-marital affairs. He just can’t say no to and so spends many evenings at work and even a night in the park while they enjoy his apartment. It makes him the most sought after employee in the company and arouses the suspicion of HR boss (Fred MacMurray). Baxter thinks he’s for the high jump but instead finds himself ...
...date with Fran (Shirley MacLaine) the lift operator he has a crush on. It all goes wrong Christmas Eve though when he discovers who his boss has been having a ring-a-ding-ding with in a shocking development. One of the best movies ever, well deserving of its Best Picture Oscar. It’s funny, it’s sad, it was made in 1960 but still works today. Lemmon plays tragi-comic everyman Baxter perfectly in a performance that invokes a lot of sympathy. The story ...

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