Sunset Blvd. [videorecording] / a Paramount Picture ; producer, Charles Brackett ; writers, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. ; director, Billy Wilder.
Contributor(s): Brackett, Charles
| Wilder, Billy | Marshman, D. M | Holden, William | Swanson, Gloria | Von Stroheim, Erich | Olson, Nancy | Clark, Fred | Gough, Lloyd | Webb, Jack | DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount) | Hopper, Hedda | Seitz, John F | Harrison, Doane | Schmidt, Arthur | Waxman, Franz | Head, Edith | Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Series: Paramount DVD Collection. Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2002]Edition: Special collector's ed.Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0792172868 :.Other title: Sunset Boulevard.Subject(s): Actors -- Drama | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Drama | Motion picture industry -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. | Feature films -- United States. | Films for the hearing impaired.| Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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DVD, Dolby digital mono, Region 1 encoding.
English or French dialogue; Closed-captioned.
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton.
Cinematographer, John F. Seitz ; editors, Doane Harrison, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designer, Edith Head.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
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 young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance. Thinking she is mad, he tries to leave, but Norma kills him. scene which she believes is the highlight of her comeback movie.
Special features: Commentary by Ed 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).
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.)
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