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Sunset Blvd. (1950)
8.6
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. Director:Billy Wilder |
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Title: Sunset Blvd. (1950)
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Won 3 Oscars.
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13 nominations
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Cast
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William Holden | ... | |
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Gloria Swanson | ... | |
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Erich von Stroheim | ... | |
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Nancy Olson | ... | |
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Fred Clark | ... | |
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Lloyd Gough | ... | |
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Jack Webb | ... | |
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Franklyn Farnum | ... | |
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Larry J. Blake | ... |
1st Finance Man
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Charles Dayton | ... |
2nd Finance Man
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Cecil B. DeMille | ... |
Himself
(in opening credits)
(as Cecil B. De Mille)
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Hedda Hopper | ... |
Herself
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Buster Keaton | ... |
Himself
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Anna Q. Nilsson | ... |
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H.B. Warner | ... |
Himself
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Storyline
The story, set in '50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a comeback to pictures and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis, a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will soon end with murder and total madness. Written by alfiehitchie
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(Australia) See more »Also Known As:
Sunset Boulevard See more »Filming Locations:
Alto-Nido Apartments -1851 N. Ivar Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,752,000 (estimated)Gross:
$5,000,000 (Worldwide) (January 1960)Company Credits
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Runtime:
| Argentina: | West Germany: (cut version)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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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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words "Sunset Blvd." are shown stenciled on the curb of that street. See more »
(1950) (uncredited)
Words & Music by Erno Rapee & Lew Pollack
Played by the band on New Year's Eve See more »
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Trivia
Cameo: [Jay Livingston and Ray Evans] The Paramount songwriting duo are seen at the piano at Artie Green's New Years party. They are singing a parody of their song, "Buttons and Bows," from the movie The Paleface, for which they won an Oscar in 1949, the year Sunset Blvd. was made. (Ironically, in the parody they are singing, they lament that "Hollywood to us ain't been so good") See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: As the policemen run towards the pool, you can see the dead man's head lift up out of the water. See more »Quotes
[first lines]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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Crazy Credits
The Paramount logo appears as a transparency over the opening shot. Thewords "Sunset Blvd." are shown stenciled on the curb of that street. See more »
Soundtracks
"Charmaine/Diane"(1950) (uncredited)
Words & Music by Erno Rapee & Lew Pollack
Played by the band on New Year's Eve See more »
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