The Apartment

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In 1960, following on from the success of their collaboration on Some Like it Hot, director Billy Wilder (Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard) reteamed with actor Jack Lemmon (The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross) for what many consider the pinnacle of their respective careers: The Apartment.C.C. ''Bud'' Baxter (Lemmon) is a lowly Manhattan office drone with a lucrative sideline in renting out his apartment to adulterous company bosses and their mistresses. When Bud enters into a similar arrangement the firm's personnel director, J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray, Double Indemnity), his career prospects begin to look up… and up. But when he discovers that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine, Irma la Douce), the girl of his dreams, he finds himself forced to choose between his career and the woman he loves…Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Apartment features a wealth of Hollywood's finest talent – on both sides of the camera – at the top of their game. By turns cynical, heart-warming and hilarious, Wilder's masterpiece now shines like never before in this all-new, 4K-restored edition from Arrow Films.SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTSBrand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this releaseOriginal uncompressed PCM mono audioOptional 5.1 remix in lossless DTS-HD Master AudioOptional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingAudio commentary with film producer and historian Bruce BlockNew appreciation of the film and select scene commentary by film historian Philip KempThe Flawed Couple, a new video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack LemmonBilly Wilder ABC, an overview by David Cairns on the life and career of the filmmaker, covering his films, collaborators and moreNew interview with actress Hope HolidayInside the Apartment, a half-hour making-of featurette from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and othersMagic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon, an archive profile of the actor from 2007Original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD-ROM content)Theatrical trailerBlu-ray packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick