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| Genre/Form: | Film noir Feature films Fiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama |
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| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles Brackett; Billy Wilder; D M Marshman; William Holden; Gloria Swanson; Erich Von Stroheim; Nancy Olson; Fred Clark; Lloyd Gough; Jack Webb; Cecil B DeMille; Hedda Hopper; John F Seitz; Doane Harrison; Arthur Schmidt; Franz Waxman; Edith Head; Paramount Pictures Corporation. |
| ISBN: | 0792172868 9780792172864 0792183436 9780792183433 |
| OCLC Number: | 51102995 |
| Language Note: | English or French dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Full screen format. Special features: commentary by Ed Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard: the life and times of Billy Wilder"; The making of Sunset Boulevard (26 min.); Hollywood location map; photo galleries; morgue prologue script pages; Edith Head--the Paramount years (14 min.); The music of Sunset Boulevard (15 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.). |
| Credits: | Cinematographer, John F. Seitz ; editors, Doane Harrison, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designer, Edith Head. |
| Cast: | William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton. |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, USA, 1951: Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer); Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Franz Waxman); Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.) National Film Registry selection, 1989. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD, Dolby digital mono, Region 1 encoding, NTSC. |
| Series Title: | Paramount DVD collection. |
| Other Titles: | Sunset Blvd. (Motion picture) Sunset Blvd Boulevard du Crépuscule Sunset Blvd. Sunset Boulevard |
| Responsibility: | a Paramount Picture ; produced by Charles Brackett ; writers, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. ; directed by Billy Wilder. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 184086 |
Abstract:
Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay. Being broke he accepts. He falls in love with a young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance, setting tragedy into motion.
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