The Apartment - Billy Wilder
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Tue 2 December 2008 // 20:00
(Tues 2nd / 8pm / £4/3)
(Babycinema: Weds 3rd / 11am / £2 babies free)
(Billy Wilder / 1960 / USA / 125mins / B&W / cert PG)
Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning romantic comedy oozes class. The apartment in question belongs to office junior CC Baxter (Jack Lemmon). His philandering bosses borrow the key in return for a promise of promotion. Being left out in the cold is bad enough but when Baxter falls for lift operator Fran (Shirley MacLaine) things get complicated because she's involved with their married boss - who wants to use the apartment. Lemmon and MacLaine spark off each other beautifully and Wilder's willingness to show the dark realities of adultery and loneliness just make the comedy more poignant and even funnier. Don't miss this rare chance to see a Hollywood classic on the big screen.
(Babycinema: Weds 3rd / 11am / £2 babies free)
(Billy Wilder / 1960 / USA / 125mins / B&W / cert PG)
Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning romantic comedy oozes class. The apartment in question belongs to office junior CC Baxter (Jack Lemmon). His philandering bosses borrow the key in return for a promise of promotion. Being left out in the cold is bad enough but when Baxter falls for lift operator Fran (Shirley MacLaine) things get complicated because she's involved with their married boss - who wants to use the apartment. Lemmon and MacLaine spark off each other beautifully and Wilder's willingness to show the dark realities of adultery and loneliness just make the comedy more poignant and even funnier. Don't miss this rare chance to see a Hollywood classic on the big screen.