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The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy based on the premise that corporate advancement can be enhanced by loaning your convenient apartment to fellow workers with a more intimate interpretation of the term 'social climbing'. The consequences can be tragic or hilarious, and this movie clearly chooses the latter direction. The three top characters, played by Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray show great skill in pulling this off.The movie earned five Academy Awards:
It received an additional five nominations:
- Best Actor in a Leading Role - Jack Lemmon
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jack Kruschen
- Best Actress in a Leading RoleThe Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen - Shirley MacLaine
- Cinematography, Black-and-WhiteThe Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his or her work in one particular motion picture. 1920s 1928 Sunrise 1929 White Shadows in the South Seas 1930s 1930 With Byrd at the South Pole 1931 Tabu: A Story of - Joseph LaShelle
- Academy Award for SoundThis is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best sound. 1930s 1930 The Big House Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio 1931 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1932 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1933 A Farewell to Arms Fr - Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
The film has also been selected for preservation in the United States National Film RegistryThe National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized in 1992.
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