The Apartment is attracted to an elevator operator in his office building, unaware that she is having an affair with his immediate boss.
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10 Facts About The Apartment
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The Apartment was distributed by United Artists to widespread critical acclaim and was a commercial success, despite controversy owing to its subject matter.
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Ever since its release, The Apartment has come to be regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, appearing in lists by the American Film Institute and Sight and Sound magazine.
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The Apartment agrees, but first meets up with a "former fling", who turns out to be Sheldrake.
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The Apartment sends away the woman from the bar and enlists Dr Dreyfuss, a medical doctor living in the next-door apartment, to revive Fran.
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The Apartment decides to move out of the apartment and begins to pack his belongings.
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The Apartment designed the set of Baxter's apartment to appear smaller and shabbier than the spacious apartments that usually appeared in films of the day.
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The Apartment used items from thrift stores and even some of Wilder's own furniture for the set.
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In 1994, The Apartment was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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In 2015, The Apartment ranked 24th on BBC's "100 Greatest American Films" list, voted on by film critics from around the world.
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