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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Billy Wilder |
| Stars: |
Erich Von Stroheim |
| Actors: |
Charles Dayton |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Recommended · Character Study · Murder · Showbiz · Film About Film · Filmmakers · Filmmaking · Film Noir · Los Angeles · California · Movie Stars · Essential Cinema · Classic · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Checkpoint;The Paramount Centennial Collection |
| UPC: |
097360492743 |
| Release Date: |
1950 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 40min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: The Paramount Centennial Collection, 1hr 50min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (November 11, 2008)
UPC: 097361389844 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 40min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (January 30, 1996)
UPC: 097360492736 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Billy Wilder |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/29/2002, p.83, Mark Harris): "...A mordant masterpiece about two victims of self-deception who destroy each other and themselves....The movie is unimprovable..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"All right, Mr. DeMille. I'm ready for my close-up."--Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Billy Wilder's masterpiece SUNSET BOULEVARD, a corrosive black comedy that remains the most memorable assault on the emptiness and vanity of the movie business, stars William Holden as young, down-and-out screenwriter Joe Gillis. Narrated in flashbacks by the now-deceased scribe, the film unwinds the series of events that left him lying face down in a pool. Unable to sell his most recent chef-d'oeuvre, and in hock up to his eyeballs, Joe stashes his car in the driveway of what appears to be an abandoned mansion on Sunset Boulevard while trying to elude some persistent repo men. Closer inspection reveals the decrepit property to be inhabited by grandiose former silent movie goddess Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), and her zombie-like manservant Max (Erich von Stroheim). Upon hearing that he's a writer, the lonely but still wealthy woman offers to pay him generously to stay at the house and work on her "comeback" script on the life of Salome. Although spooked by the people and the surroundings, in desperate... |
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