Director: Billy Wilder
Genres: Comedy Drama
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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. Hal Erickson, Rovi

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