The apartment faber classic screenplay, billy wilder the apartment is a 1960 romantic comedydrama film produced and directed by billy wilder from a screenplay he cowrote with i. Billy wilder posted on january 7, 2015 january 8, 2015 categories academy awards. Diamond once aptly described wilder s style as a blend of the sweet and the sour. Acquisition information acquired by the library, 2008 biography billy wilder was an austrianborn director, screenwriter, and producer most active in film from the 1930s through 1970s. Download the 20 screenplays you can learn most from. Welcome home to the wilder, a newlyrenovated community centrally located in the lenexaoverland park area of kansas city, ks. The screenwriting journal hi, im halil and this is my personal journal where i. When billy wilder made the apartment in 1960, the organization man was still a current term. Billy wilders the apartment, a caustic critique spiced with enough ingratiating notes to become a box office hit and academy award juggernaut, the apartment chronicles c. Wilder had wanted to film the story detailed in the apartment at least since the mid 1940s, when a viewing of david leans a brief encounter 1945 caused his mind to wander from the couple engaged in an extramarital affair onscreen to the unseen character who rented out his apartment out to the protagonists for their illicit meetings 1. Charles and ray eamess steelandglass concept for the director. May 06 2020 theapartmentscriptbybillywilderialdiamond. This shot is quoted from king vidors silent film the. When macmurray couldnt get it right during shooting, wilder suggested using a bigger fifty cent piece.
Diamond once aptly described wilders style as a blend of the sweet and the sour. The apartment by billy wilder and ial diamond raindance film. Diamond the apartment tells the touching story of down on his luck clerk c. The museum of modern art film library will present sixteen billy wilder films from. The apartment screenplay pdf by billy wilder and i. Many residents 53% commute to work by car, while public transit is not extensively used. Billy wilders the apartment 1960 the directors series. Billy wilder, austrianborn american motionpicture director and producer known for films that humorously treat subjects of controversy and offer biting indictments of hypocrisy in american life. The perfect discords of billy wilders comedy films sfu. Following some like it hot they would go on to oscar success with the apartment and write the. A key revelation scene from my favorite movie, the 1960 the apartment, written by billy wilder and i. As billy wilder has repeatedly acknowledged, the opening sequence of.
Billy wilder celebrity profile check out the latest billy wilder photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. On november first, 1959, the population of new york city was 8,042,783. On every level writing, direction, acting double indemnity 1944 is a triumph and stands as one of the greatest achievements in billy wilders career. The apartment billy wilders 1960 classic comes complete with a festive office party, boozefuelled flirtations and the liberation that comes with finding love. Dietrichsons daughter, lola jean heather, insurance investigator barton. Sunset boulevard 1950 is one of the most famous films in the history of hollywood, and perhaps no film better represents hollywoods vision of itself. Wilder was the scribe behind such classics as some like it hot, the apartment, the seven year itch, sabrina, and double indemnity, to name a few. Wilders gravestone reads im a writer, but then nobodys perfect.
Here, exclusively for the guardian, he explains how he got the inside track on the apartment, his favourite of them all wilders celebrated collaborator i. Cameron crowe, director of jerry maguire, loves billy wilders films so much hes written a book about them. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of the hollywood golden age of cinema. Locating billy wilders cinematic austria in the apartment, the private life of sherlock holmes, and fedora. What i learned reading billy wilders the apartment screenplay.
Ninotchka undated shooting draft written by melchior lengyel,charles brackett,billy wilder,walter reisch. Cameron crowe, director of jerry maguire, loves billy wilder s films so much hes written a book about them. As per usual wilder continues his magic on paper and screen in this film. Billy wilders the apartment continues to hold a special place in our. Here, exclusively for the guardian, he explains how he got the inside track on the apartment, his favourite of them all wilder s celebrated collaborator i. Among his greatest and most sophisticated films, the apartment teems with heels and users, and wilder doesnt bother sugarcoating their nefarious morals, but he puts them under his coruscating microscope and lets us draw our own. Billy wilder is one of my all time favorite writers. Baxter, who finds himself in a variety of increasingly frantic situations. Apartment, the undated draft written by billy wilder,i. In this classic film noir, insurance salesman walter neff fred macmurray gets roped into a murderous scheme when he falls for the sensual phyllis dietrichson barbara stanwyck, who is intent on killing her husband tom powers and living off the fraudulent accidental death claim. Our stylish shared spaces include a stateofthe art fitness center, relaxing resortstyle pool with sundeck, outdoor grilling. Diamond the apartment a desk computer a mans hand is punching out a series of figures on the keyboard. Billy wilder gift set the apartment the fortune cookie. Dear every screenwriterfilmmaker, read billy wilder and i.
Here, exclusively for the guardian, he explains how he got the inside track on the apartment, his. Bud baxter is a minor clerk in a huge new york insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. Diamond wilder and diamond are one of hollywoods legendary writing partnerships. A mans hand is punching out a series of figures on the keyboard. The billy wilder dvd collection includes the following films. After beginning his film career in germany, he came to the u. Very few researchers have dealt with diegetic music in billy wilders cinema. Diamond, starring jack lemmon and shirley maclaine, alongside fred macmurray, ray walston, jack kruschen, david lewis, willard waterman, david white, hope holiday and edie adams the story follows c.
The jerry maguire director loves billy wilders films so much hes written a book about them. Billy wilder claimed that fred macmurray was a very stingy man in real life and liked to relate an amusing incident from the filming of the picture. Our petfriendly community offers modern and spacious one, two and threebedroom apartment homes, plus a full suite of craveable amenities. In fact, when an friend dissed they movie via a facebook. Billy wilder papers, margaret herrick library, academy of motion picture arts and sciences. Wilder has an average commute time of about 25 minutes. The apartment is a romantic comedy and whilst not the first it did set something. Even if nobodys perfect, billy wilder sometimes came close.
Billy wilder s the apartment, a caustic critique spiced with enough ingratiating notes to become a box office hit and academy award juggernaut, the apartment chronicles c. The apartment script by billy wilder ial diamond symphonic love. The apartment is a romantic comedy and whilst not the first it did set. Baxter jack lemmon lends his upper west side apartment to company bosses to use for extramarital affairs. Bud baxters tragicomic journey up and down the corporate ladder. Billy wilders the apartment, a caustic critique spiced with enough ingratiating notes to become a box office hit and academy award juggernaut, the. Cain novel by director wilder and novelist raymond chandler, it tells the story of an insurance salesman, played by fred macmurray, who is lured into a murderforinsurance plot by barbara. I always thought there was an interesting character therethe one who loans the apartment, a touching a funny character, and i. Diamond, starring jack lemmon and shirley maclaine.
With jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, fred macmurray, ray walston. As realized by jack lemmon, baxter emerges as the supreme conformist. Sheldrake fred macmurray begins using baxters apartment in exchange for promoting him, baxter is disappointed to learn that sheldrakes mistress is fran kubelik shirley maclaine, the elevator girl at work whom baxter is interested. One of the opening shots in the movie shows baxter as one of a vast horde of wage slaves, working in a room where the desks line up in parallel rows almost to the vanishing point. The apartment 1960 by billy wilder dakota smith arth 334 understanding movies professor ivana. With the apartment, wilder became the first person to win academy awards as. The apartment is a 1960 film with a script written by billy wilder to be later directed by him also. The premise of the apartment 1960 came to legendary writerproducerdirector billy wilder after seeing david leans brief encounter 1945, in which a doctor and a housewife, both married, use a friends residence for a romantic assignation. This dvd box presents a strong crosssection of films by. Until now, billy wilder fans seeking a biography of the famed director of sunset boulevard and some like it hot have. Anyone has the script for the apartment by billy wilder.
Billy wilder s screenplay for the apartment is a true masterclass in screenwriting. Among his most notable films are double indemnity, the lost weekend, sunset boulevard, the apartment, and some like it hot. Diamond for educational and research purposes only. But that list would include the two wilder masterpieces some like it hot and the apartment and the fortune cookie is very very underrated. Billy wilders wry, biting social satire presenting two lonely people trying to find love in a cold, cruel manhattan comes brilliantly into focus in the apartment.
The apartment has been one of my alltime favorite movies since i was a teenager and its bittersweet mixture of cynicism and melancholy has never stopped speaking to me. Donald bevan theatre play, edmund trzcinski theatre play, billy wilder screenplay, edwin blum screenplay script synopsis. Sabrina 1950, s0me like 1t ht u959 and the apartment i960. Scott myers of recently posted this list of ten writing tips passed down by the amazing billy wilder. In one scene macmurray was supposed to tip a shoeshine man and the script called for him to flip him a quarter. Its a dreary christmas 1944 for the american pows in stalag 17 and the men in barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problemthere seems to be a security leak.