L'appartamento

Titolo originale: The Apartment
Regia: Billy Wilder |
Anno: 1960
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Dramma Romance
Tag: new year's eve | new york city | lovesickness | clerk | winter | age difference | suicide attempt | office | flat | spaghetti | tennis racket | romcom | black and white | love affair | extramarital affair | quitting a job | christmas | apartment |
Cast: Jack Lemmon | Shirley MacLaine | Fred MacMurray | Ray Walston | Jack Kruschen | David Lewis | Hope Holiday | Joan Shawlee | Naomi Stevens | Johnny Seven | Joyce Jameson | Willard Waterman | David White | Edie Adams | Dorothy Abbott | Ralph Moratz | Joe Palma | Bill Baldwin | Benny Burt | Lynn Cartwright | Mason Curry | David Macklin | Hal Smith | Paul Bradley | Steve Carruthers | Dick Cherney | Franklyn Farnum | Herschel Graham | Lars Hensen | Eugene Jackson | Frances Weintraub Lax | William Meader | Monty O'Grady | Paul Power | Tony Regan | Clark Ross | Norman Stevans | Sid Troy |

Bud Baxter, un impiegato che scalpita in una grande compagnia di assicurazioni di New York, ha trovato un modo rapido per scalare i vertici aziendali: prestare il suo appartamento ai dirigenti come luogo dove incontrare le loro amanti. L'uomo ha quindi spesso a che fare con le conseguenze delle loro visite e una notte si ritrova un grosso problema da risolvere.

Approfondimenti

Shirley MacLaine once recalled meeting an interpreter for Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, who was [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the Top 100 Funniest American Movies. D
Although the film continues to find new generations of viewers who love it, many of the objects seen [...] D
Although Billy Wilder generally required his actors to adhere exactly to the script, he allowed Jack [...] D
Billy Wilder wrote the role of "Dr. Dreyfuss" for Lou Jacobi. But the producers of Jacobi's Broadway [...] D
The $100 cash Christmas gift is equivalent to $950 in 2022. D
The film was lauded by Soviet-bloc critics as an indictment of the American system and a story that [...] D
Features Jack Kruschen's only Oscar nominated performance. D
The movies that Baxter was watching (or trying to) on television were "Grand Hotel", "Stagecoach", a [...] D
Mrs. Dreyfuss, the neighbor of C.C. Baxter and the wife of the doctor, is describing the playboy lif [...] D
Jack Lemmon and Joan Shawlee also worked together in Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's A qualcuno pi [...] D
In the New Year's Eve scene at the end, Shirley MacLaine says to "...ring in the New Year." Then she [...] D
Jack Lemmon signed onto the film after Billy Wilder told him the story but before he ever saw a line [...] D
This is the first Best Picture Oscar winner to specifically refer to a previous winner, in this case [...] D
One of two Shirley MacLaine films released in 1960 in which her final onscreen appearance plot-wise [...] D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd. D
According to Fred MacMurray, after the film's release, he was accosted by women in the street who be [...] D
C.C. Baxter states the home office of Consolidated Life has 31,259 employees, in comparison more peo [...] D
The first film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards, and Best Picture - Musica [...] D
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond would allow not even the slightest deviation from their script. Shir [...] D
C.C. Baxter is given a ticket to "The Music Man" and asks Fran Kubelik to meet him at the Majestic T [...] D
Bud's salary is $94.70/week in 1959 or $769.26/week, just $40,000/year, in 2014. His rent is $85/mon [...] D
Billy Wilder claimed that he and I.A.L. Diamond already had Jack Lemmon in mind to play Baxter when [...] D
The last line "Shut up and deal" was the punch line of a "Little Moron " joke. There was a bunch of [...] D
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006. D
Contrary to a previous writer stating that Fred MacMurray had never played a disreputable character [...] D
Twelve different cities are mentioned in the movie: New York, Karachi in Pakistan, Natchez, Kansas C [...] D
The only film to be nominated for Best Actor and Actress Oscars that year. D
Jack Lemmon related later in life how Billy Wilder kept his film editor, Doane Harrison, on the set [...] D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee of the year to be also nominated for Original Screenplay. D
The "C.C." in C.C. Baxter is short for Calvin Clifford D
C.C. Baxter states if you place the 8,042,783 people in New York City end-to-end figuring an average [...] D
Billy Wilder and cinematographer Joseph LaShelle were occasionally at odds over the film's look. LaS [...] D
Billy Wilder originally thought of the idea for the film after seeing Breve incontro (1945) and wond [...] D
Jack Lemmon was playing with a nasal spray prop in his dressing room and discovered if he gave it a [...] D
In a scene where Mrs. Dreyfuss is feeding Ms. Kubelik soup she says of Jack Lemmon's character, "Suc [...] D
In addition to the two genuine Tiffany lamps in Baxter's apartment (one is a Daffodil pattern, the o [...] D
Although Adolph Deutsch received sole screen credit for the music score, the very popular "Theme fro [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
Billy Wilder many times told interviewers that he had been inspired to make this film by his admirat [...] D
C.C. Baxter is just a poor accountant. But inside his apartment are two authentic Tiffany Studios la [...] D
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #80 Greatest American Movie of All Time. (In [...] D
Both C.C. Baxter and Fran Kubelik at different times hold up 4 fingers but say 3. Baxter says he onl [...] D
Jack Lemmon "caught a cold" when one scene on a park bench was filmed in sub-zero weather. D
The office Christmas party scene was actually filmed on December 23, 1959, so as to catch everybody [...] D
The inebriated Santa in the bar scene is the same actor Hal Smith who played the inebriated Otis Cam [...] D
To get Fran (Shirley MacLaine) to look genuinely startled when her brother-in-law punches Calvin (Ja [...] D
Jack Lemmon said he learned much about filmmaking from Billy Wilder, particularly the director's use [...] D
When Fred MacMurray hesitated to accept the role of cheating executive Sheldrake, his memories of wo [...] D
Shirley MacLaine filmed her famous cameo in Colpo grosso (1960) during a break in filming this movie [...] D
The Bentwood bed in Baxter's apartment belonged to Billy Wilder and his wife Audrey Young. They were [...] D
In the opening, Baxter explains that if the whole population of New York City (8,042,783) at an aver [...] D
The party girl telephone operator Sylvia (Joan Shawlee) balks at changing the night she and Mr. Kirk [...] D
According to Shirley MacLaine on her official web site, much of the movie was written as filming pro [...] D
In 1968, playwright Neil Simon adapted the screenplay as the book for the Broadway musical "Promises [...] D
Billy Wilder claimed that Fred MacMurray was a very stingy man in real life and liked to relate an a [...] D
Billy Wilder created memo pads and stationery with Sheldrake's name on them, even though no one but [...] D
Jack Lemmon said of his character - "As I saw it, [Baxter] was ambitious; a nice guy but gullible, e [...] D
Fred MacMurray's fan mail was overwhelmingly against his role as the no-good chief executive Sheldra [...] D
Mayberry's affable town drunk, Hal Davis (aka Otis Campbell), plays the tipsy Santa at the bar. D
The film's classic last line was thought up by the writers at the last minute on-set. D
The tag line for Improvvisamente, l'estate scorsa (1959) was "She knew she was being used for someth [...] D
C.C. Baxter has 13 martinis at the bar prior to the overdose scene. D
For this film, Billy Wilder became the first person to win the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best [...] D
C.C. Baxter states the population of New York City on November 1, 1959 is 8,042,783, and if you laid [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of the top 100 America's Greatest Love Storie [...] D
The studio wanted Groucho Marx for the role of Dr. Dreyfuss, but Billy Wilder said no, stating that [...] D
In the scene, where Karl punches Baxter, Jack Lemmon was supposed to mime being punched, he failed t [...] D
At a party in Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe told Billy Wilder how much she wished she could have played [...] D
Rated as number 1 in Film4's 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006). D
Paul Douglas was cast as Sheldrake but died before filming began. He died from a heart attack while [...] D
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond deliberated for 20 minutes when Jack Lemmon insisted he wanted to us [...] D
It's easy to tell the time period in which the film is set (1959/1960). Topical references include " [...] D
Fred MacMurray had just signed a long-term contract with Disney to do family films like Geremia, can [...] D
C.C. Baxter paid $15.00 for his bowler hat. In 2022, that hat would cost $140.00, after accounting f [...] D
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond based the film partially on a Hollywood scandal in which high-powere [...] D
The name "C.C. Baxter" alludes to the famous assistant director Charles C. Coleman, aka C.C. Coleman [...] D
It was said that while filming the scene where C.C. Baxter sleeps in Central Park in the rain, Billy [...] D
This was the last Black and White movie to win Best Picture at The Academy Awards until The Artist ( [...] D
The name on the door next to Baxter's office is T.W. Plews. Tom Plews was the prop master. D
Hamburger Heaven, or Burger Heaven, as it was known, was a famous New York City diner type chain. It [...] D
The wool coat Fran wears in various scenes actually belonged to Audrey Young, the wife of Billy Wild [...] D
The shot of Kubelik lying unconscious on Baxter's bed was inspired by the composition of Rousseau's [...] D
Billy Wilder gave Jack Lemmon free rein to fill in the character of C.C. "Bud" Baxter in performance [...] D
Billy Wilder: [Sheldrake] Wilder also used the character name Sheldrake in Viale del tramonto (1950) [...] D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. D
To create the effect of a vast sea of faces labouring grimly and impersonally at their desks in the [...] D
Jack Kruschen and Naomi Stevens would appear again as husband and wife in Tre passi dalla sedia elet [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Movies. D
When Fran first tries to call her sister from Baxter's living room after being revived, Baxter's rec [...] D
While Baxter is preparing the spaghetti, he is riffing on an Italian folk song which Tchaikovsky use [...] D
Wilder directed Marilyn Monroe in Quando la moglie è in vacanza (1955) and A qualcuno piace caldo [...] D
During the scene where Fran overdoses on sleeping pills, doctors were actually present on the set to [...] D
Baxter is seen reading Playboy, pretty much unheard of in films of the late 50s and early 60s. D
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Joan Shawlee, Hope Holiday, Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond all work [...] D
One of Francis Ford Coppola's favourite films. D

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When Fran cries in front of the mantel, someone can be seen reflected in the TV screen sitting and w [...] D
When Kirkeby returns to the apartment to look for the galoshes left behind by Sylvia, he first looks [...] D
Fran buys a record album recorded by the small combo that performs in the Chinese restaurant she pat [...] D
Mrs. Lieberman is in a panic, telling Baxter that she smells gas coming from his apartment. It is he [...] D
After Bud finds out that Ms. Kubelik was with Mr. Sheldrake, he leaves wearing his new hat, leaving [...] D
At the end, as Baxter deals the cards, Fran drops one on the floor but ignores it. D
The frozen daiquiri in the cocktail lounge melts, reforms, and melts again. Also, the straw in it di [...] D
In the opening sequence, Jack Lemmon's character narrates that his name is C.C. Baxter, "'...C' for [...] D
Baxter's pajamas are inconsistent when he is first kicked out of his apartment. D
When Fran is in Jack Baxter's office during the Christmas party, she is wearing lipstick and and mas [...] D
Baxter finds a piece of spaghetti on the tennis racket he had used earlier in the picture to strain [...] D
When Miss Olsen picks up the extension after being fired, Sheldrake is heard completing dialing his [...] D
In the opening voice-over, Baxter states the date is November 1, 1959 which was a Sunday. Yet the im [...] D
After Kirkeby leaves, Baxter goes to the kitchen, lights his oven, removes a TV dinner from the refr [...] D
The movie is set in 1959, a year when Christmas Day (December 25th) landed on a Friday. Yet the offi [...] D
Baxter gives Fran coffee to drink. The coffee is freshly made and so it's boiling hot, but she drink [...] D
When telling the story of his attempted suicide, C. C. Baxter pantomimes loading a revolver, even th [...] D
C. C. Baxter suggests 5 feet 6.5 inches as the average height of a New Yorker, but given the large p [...] D
The shaving cream on Baxter's faces changes between the bathroom and bedroom. D
When Dr. Dreyfus calls to his wife that Baxter is at it again, then slams his apartment door shut, t [...] D
During the opening pan of the New York skyline with the United Nations Building in the foreground, t [...] D
Fran's hair keeps shifting and changing during the gin rummy game. D
(Widescreen version only) The shadow of a boom mic is visible in the upper left portion of the scree [...] D
After Baxter gets home for the first time, he cleans up by placing a large waste bucket of empty liq [...] D
The layout of Baxter's apartment makes no sense, especially in relation to Dr. Dreyfus's apartment. [...] D
At the end, Baxter and Fran sit down to play a game of gin rummy. This game is played with 10 cards [...] D

Frase

Fran Kubelik: [Baxter is straining spaghetti with [...] D
Margie MacDougall: 'Twas the night before Christma [...] D
Fran Kubelik: You fool. You damn fool. D
Sheldrake's Wife: What is it, Jeff? Who's on the p [...] D
C.C. Baxter: I know how you feel, Miss Kubelik. Yo [...] D
Dr. Dreyfuss: [as Baxter sets down a basket of emp [...] D
J.D. Sheldrake: Sorry it took me so long on the ph [...] D
J.D. Sheldrake: Tell me, Baxter. Have you seen Mus [...] D
C.C. Baxter: It's a wonderful thing, dinner for tw [...] D
Fran Kubelik: Shall I light the candles? C.C. Bax [...] D
Dr. Dreyfuss: [entering his apartment, he suddenly [...] D
J.D. Sheldrake: Ya know, you see a girl a couple o [...] D
[last lines] C.C. Baxter: You hear what I said, M [...] D
Fran Kubelik: What do you call it when somebody ke [...] D
Kirkeby: Premium-wise and billing-wise, we are eig [...] D
C.C. Baxter: [Opens his bedroom door, tosses a pai [...] D
Sylvia: You mean you bring other girls up here? K [...] D
Dr. Dreyfuss: Nice veins. D
C.C. Baxter: There's a great little band at El Chi [...] D
Fran Kubelik: He's a taker. C.C. Baxter: A what? [...] D
J.D. Sheldrake: I've missed you. Fran Kubelik: Li [...] D
Fran Kubelik: Would you mind opening the window? [...] D
C.C. Baxter: That's the way it crumbles... cookie- [...] D
J.D. Sheldrake: How many charter members are there [...] D
C.C. Baxter: [Practicing his speech] Mr. Sheldrake [...] D
C.C. Baxter: The mirror... it's broken. Fran Kube [...] D
Margie MacDougall: Where will we go, my place or y [...] D
C.C. Baxter: Sorry, Mr. Sheldrake. J.D. Sheldrake [...] D
Charlie - Bartender: O. U. T.! Out! D
[first lines] C.C. Baxter: [narrating] On Novembe [...] D
J.D. Sheldrake: Oh, I have a present for you. I di [...] D
C.C. Baxter: It's a wonderful thing, dinner for tw [...] D
Fran Kubelik: I never catch colds. C.C. Baxter: R [...] D
Fran Kubelik: When you're in love with a married m [...] D
Fran Kubelik: I'd like to spell it out for you... [...] D
C.C. Baxter: [Talking to Miss Kubelik in front of [...] D
Miss Olsen: Did you have a nice Christmas? J.D. S [...] D
Margie MacDougall: You married? C.C. Baxter: Nope [...] D
Mrs. Lieberman: Good evening Mr. Baxter. C.C. Bax [...] D
C.C. Baxter: Miss Kubelik, one doesn't get to be a [...] D
Dr. Dreyfuss: I don't know what you did to that gi [...] D
J.D. Sheldrake: Been hearing some nice things abou [...] D
C.C. Baxter: [laughing sarcastically to himself] " [...] D
Fran Kubelik: What's a tennis racket doing in the [...] D
C.C. Baxter: Mrs. MacDougall, I think it is only f [...] D
Fran Kubelik: Just because I wear a uniform doesn' [...] D
C.C. Baxter: [Walking into Sheldrake's office, rig [...] D
C.C. Baxter: Ya know, I used to live like Robinson [...] D
Margie MacDougall: Night like this, it sorta spook [...] D
Fran Kubelik: Why do people have to love people an [...] D
J.D. Sheldrake: Just what kind of a joint are you [...] D
Kirkeby: Say, why don't we have ourselves a party, [...] D
Fran Kubelik: I was jinxed from the word go. The f [...] D

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