We watched The Apartment, the Best Picture winner of 1960 and #93 on the list. (We skipped over Goodfellas as I'll have to watch that solo - Cathy doesn't want to deal with the vulgarity!) I thought it was ok. It starred Jack Lemmon as the renter of said apartment with Fred MacMurray as a boss who wanted to borrow the apartment so he could take Shirley MacLaine there. But Lemmon is falling for MacLaine. It's listed as a comedy but we found it had more drama than comedy, especially from the midway point.
We wondered what other pictures were up for Best picture. They were "The Alamo", "Elmer Gantry", "Sons and Lovers", "The Sundowners". Some notable ones not nominated that year were Psycho and Spartacus! Some say The Apartment won because Some Like It Hot didn't win the year before (both directed by Billy Wilder).
We wondered what other pictures were up for Best picture. They were "The Alamo", "Elmer Gantry", "Sons and Lovers", "The Sundowners". Some notable ones not nominated that year were Psycho and Spartacus! Some say The Apartment won because Some Like It Hot didn't win the year before (both directed by Billy Wilder).
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