The Apartment (1960) (Remastered)

[Akijama]

Coming in December. Yes, in the US too.


Big news.

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.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• 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

[SammyJankis]

Oh wow, I absolutely love that cover art. This is my third favorite Wilder. I'm definitely going to double dip.

[MifuneFan]

Wow didn't see this coming. Will definitely be picking it up. I'm also glad to not have that terribly dopey cover from the original release.

[thatguamguy]

I'm in, but I'm surprised we're getting a double dip on "The Apartment" before "The Lost Weekend" has hit our shores at all.

[Darth Marcus]

Time to sell my original release. This Arrow release is a must-have!

[cakefactory]

VERY surprising to me. I'm all in, this is probably my favorite Wilder film, and I haven't upgraded the DVD.

[Hoke Moseley]

Wow, definitely very surprising but great news. Never bought the first release, so it's a no-brainer for me.

[BurningAstronaut]

I wonder why they didn't include this with last week's Dec announcements? This is very exciting news!

[Feiereisel]

Originally Posted by BurningAstronaut

I wonder why they didn't include this with last week's Dec announcements? This is very exciting news!

Arrow Video and Arrow Academy announcments are usually split across a weekend.

[MifuneFan]

If this was a Criterion release, we'd already have three people complaining about them re-releasing a movie already on BD

[Brad1963]

One of my all time favorite films.

[Feiereisel]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

If this was a Criterion release, we'd already have three people complaining about them re-releasing a movie already on BD

Still early in the day, still early in the day.

No griping from me, though. This is a really exciting release. Those supplements—a book!—look great.

[The Great Owl]

This is a tremendous film. Count me in!

[UseY0ur1llusi0n]

We really are spoiled to have Arrow around aren't we.

[Gacivory]

I am here for this!!!! I wish the screenplay was included in the book, but that’s my only gripe, and that would have made the packaging bigger.

[Losey]

D1. An all time favorite of mine. Lemmon is wonderful, MacMurray is excellent, too, but Maclaine is just beyond amazing in this.

[eChopper]

Fantastic cover !

[deto]

Can't see the cover art... ='(
But can't wait to pick this up as i only own The Apartment on DVD.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by deto

Can't see the cover art... ='(
But can't wait to pick this up as i only own The Apartment on DVD.

[UncleBuckWild]

Comes with a 150-page hardcover book! ... Count me in!