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Release Date:
25 August 1950 (Australia)
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Plot:
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. full summary | full synopsis
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Won 3 Oscars.
Another 13 wins
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13 nominations
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| William Holden | ... | Joseph C. 'Joe' Gillis | |
| Gloria Swanson | ... | Norma Desmond | |
| Erich von Stroheim | ... | Max Von Mayerling | |
| Nancy Olson | ... | Betty Schaefer | |
| Fred Clark | ... | Sheldrake | |
| Lloyd Gough | ... | Morino | |
| Jack Webb | ... | Artie Green | |
| Franklyn Farnum | ... | Undertaker - Chimp's Funeral | |
| Larry J. Blake | ... | First Finance Man (as Larry Blake) | |
| Charles Dayton | ... | Second Finance Man | |
| Cecil B. DeMille | ... | Himself | |
| Hedda Hopper | ... | Herself | |
| Buster Keaton | ... | Himself - Bridge Player | |
| Anna Q. Nilsson | ... | Herself - Bridge Player | |
| H.B. Warner | ... | Himself - Bridge Player |
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Runtime:
110 min | Argentina:115 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) |
Hungary:14 |
Brazil:Livre |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:11 (re-rating) (1982) |
Sweden:15 (original rating) |
UK:PG |
USA:Approved (PCA #13955) |
West Germany:16
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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 17, 1951 with Gloria Swanson and William Holden reprising their film roles.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The tire completely blows out on Joe's convertible, but as he drives it into Norma's garage we see that his tire is low but far from flat.
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Joe Gillis: Yes, this is Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California. It's about 5 0'clock in the morning. That's the homicide squad, complete with detectives and newspaper men.
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Joe Gillis: Yes, this is Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California. It's about 5 0'clock in the morning. That's the homicide squad, complete with detectives and newspaper men.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Chowder: Endive's Dirty Secret/Big Food (#2.19)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Buttons and Bows
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What is the correct title - "Blvd." or "Boulevard"?What is the movie Joe and Norma watch?
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Every time I go to L.A., which isn't too often, I look at these palm-bemused, once smart stucco facades, and wonder if a Norma Desmond from a later era might be hiding from the world inside them, buttressed by cable TV (AMC or TCM, no doubt), a poodle named FiFi or Sir Francis, walk-in closets full of leopard-print Capri pants that haven't fit in decades, and a world class liquor cabinet that has seen heads of state under the table on a good night. It is because of Sunset Blvd., for certain, that my mind could ever go there. It is one of the most indelible films you will ever see.
This film is great for many reasons, not the least of which is because it is Hollywood's first look back at itself. In the milieu of this film, the silent era is only 22 years behind us. The people left behind by the rush to sound can still palpably TASTE the fame, the accolade, that particular past being not so very dim and distant. The sadness of their lives was real, and at that point in history, all around, if hidden. Way more has been made of the supposed "savagery" of this film vis a vis the faded star than I think exists now, or ever did. The often cynical Wilder is deeply in touch with the tragic here, as much as the grotesque.