THE APARTMENT | 4K UHD | Arrow Films

DARK COMEDY | FARCE | FEEL-GOOD ROMANCE | HOLIDAY COMEDY | HOLIDAY ROMANCE | PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA | QUIRKY COMEDY | ROMANTIC COMEDY | SATIRE | WORKPLACE DRAMA

Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine star in this classic comedy drama co-written and directed by Billy Wilder. Insurance clerk C.C. Baxter (Lemmon) allows his superiors to use his apartment to facilitate their affairs and as a result begins to make his way up in the company. However, when personnel director Jeff Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) wants to use the apartment for a rendevouz with Fran Kubelik (MacLaine), an elevator operator to whom Baxter is attracted, the arrangement swiftly begins to unravel and Fran must decide which man she wishes to be with.

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Year: 1960
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Certificate: Rated BBFC: PG
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Runtime: 119 mins
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Director: Billy Wilder
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Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Joan Shawlee, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Edie Adams, David Lewis, David White, Hal Smith
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Studio: Arrow Films
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Edition: Limited Edition
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Release Date: 24 Nov 2025
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Country of Release: United Kingdom
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Discs: 1 x 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc
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Region: 4K Blu-ray: Region free
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Video: Codec: HEVC / H.265 (88.20 Mbps)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
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Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
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Language: English
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Packaging: Slipcover in original pressing
Reversible cover
Booklet
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Barcode: 5027035029368
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Special Features

Arrow Films Limited Edition 4K UHD (Region Free); 4K restoration from the original camera negative; 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible); original lossless mono audio; optional lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio remix; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick; collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and H.V. Hyche

Audio commentary with film producer and historian Bruce Block

The Key to the Apartment, an appreciation by film historian Philip Kemp

Select scene commentary by Philip Kemp

The Flawed Couple, a video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon

A Letter to Castro, an interview with actress Hope Holiday

The Writer Speaks: Billy Wilder, an archival interview from the Writers Guild of America's Oral Histories series

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

Theatrical trailer

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