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title: "Hive's Holiday Unwind: 04"
description: Twas the night AFTER Christmas, and all through the house Hive's Holiday Unwind has everyone relaxed, even the mouse.
image: https://xmas24.hive.com.au/hubfs/SOCIAL_IMG_V1b_004_Amelia.jpg
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# Hive's Holiday Unwind: 04

[ Amelia Ephraims ](https://xmas24.hive.com.au/author/amelia-ephraims)  Nov 29, 2024 7:18:42 PM

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## ![HEADER_STRIP_V1b_004_Amelia](https://xmas24.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/HEADER_STRIP_V1b_004_Amelia.jpg?width=870&height=374&name=HEADER_STRIP_V1b_004_Amelia.jpg)

###### Amelia says:

The perfect little holiday pick-me-up (with a tiny bit of heartbreak). A screwball plot told in a very honest and human way that’ll make you laugh, cry and rethink how you strain your pasta. Truly a classic in every sense of the word.

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###### Where to watch:

[![Apple](https://xmas24.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Apple.png?width=100&height=100&name=Apple.png)](https://tv.apple.com/au/movie/the-apartment/umc.cmc.1720r16d0p7cvx2aciwwxotnj)

[**Available on Apple TV ($2.99)**](https://tv.apple.com/au/movie/the-apartment/umc.cmc.1720r16d0p7cvx2aciwwxotnj)<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJgeO2wL8zE>

 

###### Details:

**Released:** 1960   
**Rated:** PG  
**IMDB: **8.3/10  
**Directors**: Billy Wilder  
**Stars:** Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray 

**Trivia:** The office Christmas party scene was actually filmed on December 23, 1959, so as to catch everybody in the proper holiday mood. Billy Wilder filmed almost all of it on the first take, stating to an observer, "I wish it were always this easy. Today, I can just shout 'action' and stand back."

###### Plot:

A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.

- ![apartment-1080x675](https://xmas24.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/apartment-1080x675.jpg?width=1080&height=675&name=apartment-1080x675.jpg)
- ![unnamed (1)](https://xmas24.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/unnamed%20(1).jpg?width=1920&height=816&name=unnamed%20(1).jpg)

 

 

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