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    Unique ID Code: 0000187146
    Added by: David Simpson
    Added on: 4/12/2017 15:28
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    The Apartment

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    Certificate: PG
    Running Time: 119 Mins
    Retail Price: £24.99
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    Content Type: Movie

    Synopsis:
    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 Features:
    Limited Deluxe Edition Blu-ray [3000 copies]

    Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative

    Original uncompressed PCM mono audio

    Optional 5.1 remix in lossless DTS-HD Master Audio

    Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

    Audio commentary with film producer and historian Bruce Block

    New appreciation of the film and select scene commentary by film historian Philip Kemp

    The Flawed Couple, a new video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon

    Billy Wilder ABC, an overview by David Cairns on the life and career of the filmmaker, covering his films, collaborators and more

    New interview with actress Hope Holiday

    Inside the Apartment, a half-hour making-of featurette from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and others

    Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon, an archive profile of the actor from 2007

    Original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD-ROM content)

    Theatrical trailer

    Special collector s packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin

    Collector's 150-page hardcover book featuring new writing by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche, generously illustrated with rare stills and behind-the-scenes imagery

    Related Websites:
    www.arrowfilms.co.uk

    Directed By:
    Billy Wilder

    Written By:


    Starring:
    Jack Lemmon
    Shirley MacLaine
    Fred MacMurray
    Jack Kruschen

    Distributor:
    Arrow Academy

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