The apartment by billy wilder billy wilder, jack lemmon. The leading roles were played by jack lemmon and shirley maclaine. The apartment is a 1960 american romantic comedy film produced and directed by billy wilder from a screenplay he cowrote with i. Billy wilders the apartment blends his customary harsh cynicism with a humane streak that appears only fleetingly in his films. The apartment is a 1960 comedy film from directed by billy wilder.
Baxter wont lend his apartment to him ever again for hurting ms. Kruschen was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actor for his role as dr. He was married to marjorie ullman from 1947 until they divorced in 1961. To vault ahead a bit, he allows his superiors access to his ideally situated manhattan apartment for their extramarital canoodling, but word gets out and it becomes a bit too popular. Diamond, starring jack lemmon and shirley maclaine, alongside fred macmurray, ray walston, jack kruschen, david lewis, willard waterman, david white, hope holiday and edie adams. Baxter, a gogetting office worker who loans his tiny apartment to his philandering superiors for their romantic trysts. Jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, fred macmurray, ray walston, jack kruschen. Winner of five 1960 academy awards, including best picture, the apartment is legendary director billy wilder at his most scathing and satirical best. Inspired byt david leans brief encounter 1945, he had to wait ten years for the necessary slackening of censorship before being able to tell the story of the third man, the one who lends his apartment to the adulterous couple. Jack kruschen march 20, 1922 april 2, 2002 was a canadianborn character actor who worked primarily in american film,television and radio career radio. Sheldrake fred macmurray begins using baxters apartment in exchange for promoting him, baxter is disappointed to learn that sheldrakes mistress is fran kubelik shirley maclaine, the elevator girl at work whom baxter is interested in himself. Jack kruschen in the apartment actor jack lemmon in the apartment cinematography blackandwhite joseph lashelle. The apartment 1960 trailer jack lemmon shirley maclaine.
Eastern the apartment jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, fred macmurray, jack kruschen sharp, stylish comedyromance of the early sixties, with that edge that only director billy wilder could give. Jack kruschen, 80, a stalwart of radio, tv and the movies the. A tireless tv performer, kruschen has guested in a variety of roles on most of the top video offerings, and was a regular in the 1977 sitcom busting loose, playing the father of adam arkin. But its numerous oscarsfor best picture, direction, script, editing, and. Jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, fred macmurray, ray walston, jack kruschen, david lewis, hope holiday, joan. Jack kruschen actor the apartment canadianborn jack kruschen entered films after years on the stage, and became a dependable character actor both in movies and on television. Jack joseph kruschen march 20, 1922 april 2, 2002 was a canadianamerican movie, television, stage, voice, and radio actor who is known for his role as dr. Widely regarded as a comedy in 1960, the apartment seems more melancholy with each passing year. He runs into trouble when he finds himself sharing a girlfriend shirley maclaine with his callous boss. Bud is attracted to the elevator operator, fran kubelik, who in turn is having an affair with buds immediate boss, sheldrake. Billy wilder used to scratch american society where it itches. Distributed by fox, mgms new bluray of the apartment is the disc that should have come out in 2008, when we instead got a deluxe dvd release. While not a sad movie by any means, the apartment is a wonderful and rare film that manages to blend both the joy and pathos of life into.
Diamond, starring jack lemmon and shirley maclaine, alongside fred macmurray, ray walston, jack kruschen, david lewis, willard waterman, david white, hope holiday a. Shirley maclaine, fred macmurray, ray walston, jack kruschen. Kruschen was born on march 20, 1922 in winnipeg, manitoba, canada. The apartment gave her a chance to broaden her range and establish herself as a serious actress, one whose career has spanned five decades. Boek maken downloaden als pdf printvriendelijke versie. Baxter jack lemmon lends his upper west side apartment to company bosses to use for extramarital affairs. The slightly tarnished example of jack lemmons ambitious c. Baxter taught a generation of men that aspiring to mensch status might be a good idea, personal outlookwise. Jack kruschen, a versatile character actor whose six decades in movies and television included an oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his 1960 role in the apartment, died on april 2.
Jack kruschen, versatile character actor whose six decades in movies and television included oscar nomination for best supporting actor for. An actor with over 200 acting credits to his name, kruschen can only be identified to me as uncle jesses grandfather papouli on two episodes of full house. List of top 10 great jack kruschen movies and tv shows the. Jack kruschen credits full house a popular, goodnatured sitcom about a widower raising three kids with the help of two friends, one a standup comic and the other an aspiring musician. Baxter, an office clerk who curries favor with the executives in his office by giving them the key to his small apartment for the odd afternoon dalliance. Reteaming actor jack lemmon, scriptwriter iz diamond and director billy wilder a year after some like it hot, this multioscar winning comedy is sharper in tone, tracing the compromises of a new. A study and appreciation of the films and legacy of alfred hitchcock with occasional detours to other classic films.
Dreyfuss jack kruschen hears the nightly sounds of passion through the wall and thinks baxter is a tireless lover, when in fact baxter is pacing the sidewalk out in front, looking up resentfully at his own lighted window. Jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, fred macmurray, ray walston, jack kruschen, david lewis, hope holiday, joan shawlee, naomi. The apartment pop culture wiki fandom powered by wikia. Surprisingly, despite its sensitive subject matter, the apartment won no fewer than five academy. The apartment bluray disc, 2017 for sale online ebay. At only 3,000 copies pressed, if youre a fan of wilder, lemmon, or the apartment, we recommend you grab this limited edition before its gone. Gedurende zijn lange loopbaan verscheen kruschen sinds 1949 in bijna 200 producties. The most important book totv adaptations coming in 2020. Apartment 3, a childrens book about two brothers who explore their apartment building for the harmonica music they hear on a rainy day. Relatively inactive after 1980, jack kruschen made a welcome return in pbs 1993 adaptation of arthur millers the american clock. Meanwhile, jack kruschen plays buds nextdoor neighbor dr. Diamond diamonds contribution to wilders late career cannot be underestimated, the apartment focuses on c.
Dreyfuss, who is a big believer in the medical value of slapping ones face. Bud baxter jack lemon who figures out a simple way to climb the corporate ladderlet exeutives use his apartment for their trysts with various women. Often cast as ethnic comedy relief, kruschen occasionally landed a role as a villain, but was more often the volatile, emotional italian or jewish neighbor. He made appearance in the first version of mclintock. The critics were very pleased with the movie, just like the public.
Jan 29, 2018 the disc comes housed in a thick, beautiful slipcase along with a hardcover book containing essays, behindthescenes photos, and other rare visual ephemera from the film. Kubeliks feelings, he gets divorced when miss olsen tells her about her affair to be with fran and she leaves him in new years eve. Bud baxter, an insurance clerk who, in the hope of climbing the corporate ladder, lets more senior coworkers use his upper west side apartment to conduct extramarital affairs. Reteaming actor jack lemmon, scriptwriter iz diamond and director billy wilder a year after some like it hot, this multioscar winning comedy is sharper in tone, tracing the compromises of a. The apartment directed by billy wilder available on vhs. The clear bluray case and the book are housed in a box, expertly crafted. Canadianborn jack kruschen entered films after years on the stage, and became a dependable character actor both in movies and on television. This classic from billy wilder sees jack lemmons putupon, snuffling insurance clerk cc baxter basically offer his apartment to his superiors so that they can indulge in extramarital trysts. A big screen is a must for appreciating the apartment.
Jacob jack kruschen was a canadian character actor who worked primarily in american film, television and radio. He seems a comprehensive and cool guy, but only uses baxter to employ his apartment for his own like the previous boses before him asshole victim. Jack kruschen, 80, a stalwart of radio, tv and the movies. Jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, fred macmurray, ray walston, jack kruschen, david lewis, hope holiday, joan shawlee. In order to climb the corporate ladder, baxter allows four company managers, who reinforce their position over him by regularly calling him buddy boy. Baxter, an insurance clerk whose apartment is much in demand by four executives for their extramarital activities and miss kubelik, an elevator operator in the insurance company who is described by baxter as a perfectly respectable girl. Baxter, a gogetting office worker who loans his tiny apartment to his. Talking books new ambient score for an imagined film is engaging. Baxter, cog in the enormous machine of an insurance company. When billy wilder made the apartment in 1960, the organization man was still a current term. Jack kruschen simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Look for the scenes when baxter catches a cold in central park as lemmon really did, meets a brooklyn barfly hope holiday on christmas eve, and is upbraided by the doctor neighbor jack kruschen who thinks hes a casanova. Ray walston, jack kruschen, david lewis, willard waterman, david white. See which distinctions were awarded to the apartment, 1960, directed by billy wilder, with jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, fred macmurray.
The book comes in a cardboard cast along with a plastic case for the bluray. Jacob jack kruschen march 20, 1922 april 2, 2002 was a canadian character actor who worked primarily in american film, television and radio. Bud baxter jack lemmon attempts to climb the corporate ladder by loaning his apartment key to his superiors for their extramarital affairs, but the plan backfires when bud unwittingly falls for the top executives current girlfriend, fran kubelik, an elevator operator in the office building. Born in winnipeg, manitoba, kruschen began his radio career while still in high school, and during the 1940s, he became a staple ofwest coast radio drama.
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