The Apartment (1960)

Réalisateur:

Billy Wilder

Scénaristes:

Billy Wilder (written by) and
I.A.L. Diamond (written by)

Date de sortie:

16 septembre 1960 (France)

Genre:

Romance | Comedie | Drame

Accroche:

A Billy "Some Like It Hot" Wilder Production

Intrigue:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Executive | Insurance | Elevator | Divorce

Récompenses:

Won 5 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 8 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Likewise, it's a love-fest Lemmon-wise

Ensemble

Jack Lemmon	...	C.C. Baxter
Shirley MacLaine	...	Fran Kubelik
Fred MacMurray	...	Jeff D. Sheldrake
Ray Walston	...	Joe Dobisch
Jack Kruschen	...	Dr. Dreyfuss
David Lewis	...	Al Kirkeby
Hope Holiday	...	Mrs. Margie MacDougall
Joan Shawlee	...	Sylvia
Naomi Stevens	...	Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
Johnny Seven	...	Karl Matuschka
Joyce Jameson	...	The Blonde
Willard Waterman	...	Mr. Vanderhoff
David White	...	Mr. Eichelberger
Edie Adams	...	Miss Olsen
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Dorothy Abbott	...	Office Worker (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin	...	TV Movie Host (uncredited)
Benny Burt	...	Charlie - Bartender (uncredited)
Mason Curry	...	(uncredited)
Frances Weintraub Lax	...	Mrs. Lieberman (uncredited)
David Macklin	...	Messenger (uncredited)
Hal Smith	...	Man in Santa Claus Suit (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Billy Wilder

Scénaristes
Billy Wilder		(written by) and
I.A.L. Diamond		(written by)

Produit par
I.A.L. Diamond	....	associate producer
Doane Harrison	....	associate producer
Billy Wilder	....	producer

Musique originale
Adolph Deutsch

Image
Joseph LaShelle

Montage
Daniel Mandell

Direction artistique
Alexandre Trauner		(as Alexander Trauner)

Décorateur de plateau
Edward G. Boyle

Maquillage
Harry Ray	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Allen K. Wood	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Hal W. Polaire	....	assistant director (as Hal Polaire)
Angelo Laiacona	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Département Art
Tom Plews	....	property master
Harold Michelson	....	illustrator (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Del Harris	....	sound effects editor
Fred Lau	....	sound
Gordon Sawyer	....	sound (uncredited)

Effets spéciaux
Milt Rice	....	special effects

Caméra et Département Electrique
Bert Chaliacombe	....	best boy (uncredited)
Hugh Crawford	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Jack Harris	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Karl Reed	....	key grip (uncredited)
William Schurr	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Don Stott	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Forrest T. Butler	....	wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Irene Caine	....	wardrobe: women (uncredited)

Département Musique
Sid Sidney	....	music editor
John Williams	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Divers
May Wale Brown	....	continuity (as May Wale)
Dr. Reuben Kaufman	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson	....	choreographer (uncredited)
Joe Palma	....	stand-in: Jack Lemmon (uncredited)

Companies de production

• Mirisch Corporation, The

Distributeurs

• United Artists (1960) (USA) (theatrical)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Park Circus (2008) (UK) (theatrical) (re-issue)
• Seven Films (2007) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-issue)
• Seven Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-issue)
• United Artists (1960) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1967) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (collector's edition)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Autres Companies

• Triage Motion Picture Services  2003 restoration

Durée:

125 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Classification:

Brazil:Livre | Argentina:16 | Australia:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (1994) | Canada:G (Quebec) (2000) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #19647) | West Germany:16

Lieux de tournage:

205 Columbus Avenue, New York City, New York, USA

Société:

Mirisch Corporation, The

Anecdotes:

Shirley MacLaine filmed her famous cameo in Ocean's Eleven (1960) during a break in filming this movie.

Goofs:

Erreurs faites par les personnages (éventuellement des erreurs délibérées par les cinéastes): When telling the story of his attempted suicide, C. C. Baxter pantomimes loading a revolver, even though he has specified (and we later see) that the gun he used was an automatic.

Guillemet:

[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...

Connexions De Film:

figure dans AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)

Bande son:

Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

Likewise, it's a love-fest Lemmon-wise

One of the finest examples of smart, satiric comedy-drama ever created for the screen. Jack Lemmon (in amazing comic form) plays a working stiff in Corporate America--via New York City--whose bachelor apartment inadvertently becomes a love-nest for amorous, married executives. The film is extremely modern for 1960 and features a non-stop barrage of funny, clever talk. Lemmon is a mad genius at frenzied (yet sympathetic) characterization, and "The Apartment" catches him at his professional peak in the movies. Working alongside huggable neurotic Shirley MacLaine (also at her peak) and shady Fred MacMurray (parlaying his slimeball role with curt persuasion), Lemmon creates a new kind of acting: screwball realism. **** from ****