Sunset Blvd / a Paramount Picture ; producer, Charles Brackett ; writers, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. ; director, Billy Wilder.

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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 wi...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Paramount DVD collection.
Corporate Author:	Paramount Pictures Corporation
Other Authors:	Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969 Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 Marshman, D. M., Jr., 1922-2015 Holden, William, 1918-1981 Swanson, Gloria, 1897-1983 Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957 Olson, Nancy, 1928- Clark, Fred, 1914-1968 Gough, Lloyd Webb, Jack, 1920-1982 DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 Hopper, Hedda, 1885-1966 Seitz, John F. (John Francis), 1892-1979 Harrison, Doane, 1894-1968 Schmidt, Arthur Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967 Head, Edith
Language:	English French
Language and/or Writing System:	English or French dialogue; Closed-captioned.
Published:	Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2002]
Edition:	Special collector's edition.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Paramount DVD collection.
Subjects:	Actors > Drama. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Drama. Motion picture industry > Drama. Feature films.
Genre:	Drama.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Sunset Boulevard.
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	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. Thinking she is mad, he tries to leave, but Norma kills him in a scene which she believes is the highlight of her comeback movie.
Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Special features: Commentary by edition Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard: the life and times of Billy Wilder" ; a 28 min. documentary, Sunset Blvd., a look back (c2002) ; theatrical trailer ; Hollywood location map ; photo galleries ; morgue prologue ; Edith Head - The Paramount Years (featurette) ; The music of Sunset Boulevard (featurette). Videorecording.
Call Number:	AJ1 D0020312 VideoDVD PN1997 .S44 2002 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
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.)
ISBN:	0792172868
Credits:	Cinematographer, John F. Seitz ; editors, Doane Harrison, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designer, Edith Head.
System Details:	DVD, Dolby digital mono, Region 1 encoding.
Cast:	William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton.