The apartment [videorecording] / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; The Mirisch Company, Inc. ; produced and directed by Billy Wilder ; written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond.

Adams, Edie, 1927-2008 (actor.). Deutsch, Adolph, 1897-1980 (composer (expression)). Diamond, I. A. L. (screenwriter.). Holiday, Hope, (actor.). Kruschen, Jack, 1922-2002 (actor.). Lemmon, Jack, (actor.). Lewis, David, 1916-2000 (actor.). MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- (actor.). MacMurray, Fred, 1908-1991 (actor.). Shawlee, Joan, (actor.). Stevens, Naomi, (actor.). Walston, Ray, 1917-2001 (actor.). Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 (screenwriter,, film producer,, film director.). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Added Author). Mirisch Company. (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). United Artists Corporation. (Added Author). Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Joan Shawlee, Naomi Stevens, Hope Holiday, Edie Adams. (Cast).

Summary:

How far will a man go to climb the corporate ladder? C. C. 'Bud' Baxter, a lowly insurance clerk, has a trump card: his apartment. He "loans" it out to married company executives for secret trysts. In return, he's well looked after, although he does grapple with his conscience. One day he asks out one of the elevator girls, Miss Kubelik, but she stands him up because of a crisis in her relationship with the big boss, Mr. Sheldrake. On Christmas Eve, Miss Kubelik realizes she is only the most recent in a long line of girls, with possibly disastrous consequences. Bud intervenes, which may give each of them a chance to be more than another faceless employee in a heartless corporation.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Collectors edition
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [2007]
Distributor: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1960. Special features: Audio commentary from Bruce Block, film producer and historian; "Inside the apartment" documentary; "Magic time: the art of Jack Lemmon."
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Joseph LaShelle ; film editor, Daniel Mandell ; music, Adolph Deutsch.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Joan Shawlee, Naomi Stevens, Hope Holiday, Edie Adams.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono., dual layer, NTSC.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	This DVD is copy protected.
Language Note:	English (5.1 Dolby surround, mono.), dubbed Spanish (mono.) or dubbed French (mono.) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, 1960: Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Art Direction (Black-and-White)