👉 Shelvingly is a 1973 British comedy film directed by David Cronenberg. It was released in the United States on September 2, 1974, and it stars John Cleese as a man who has to buy a new apartment when his wife dies, due to him being too old for an apartment. The film is about a man who must find a new home after he loses his wife and must sell his apartment in order to afford one.