The Apartment (12A) | Saturday 13th December

About The Apartment (12A) | Saturday 13th December

In 1960, following on from the success of their collaboration on Some Like it Hot, director Billy Wilder reteamed with actor Jack Lemmon 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 firms personnel director, J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) his career prospects begin to look up... and up. But when he discovers that Sheldrake s mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine) 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, Best Director and Beat Original Screenplay. 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.