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Sunset Boulevard Cover Image DVD

Sunset Boulevard [videorecording] / a Paramount Picture ; produced by Charles Brackett ; writers, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. ; directed by Billy Wilder.

Boulevard du Crépuscule (other title)
Sunset Blvd. (other title)
Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969 (film producer,, screenwriter.). Clark, Fred, 1914-1968 (actor.). DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 (actor.). Gough, Lloyd, (actor.). Harrison, Doane, 1894-1968 (editor of moving image work.). Head, Edith, (costume designer.). Holden, William, 1918-1981 (actor.). Hopper, Hedda, 1890-1966 (actor.). Marshman, D. M., Jr., 1922-2015 (screenwriter.). Olson, Nancy, 1928- (actor.). Schmidt, Arthur, (editor of moving image work.). Seitz, John F. (John Francis), 1892-1979 (cinematographer.). Swanson, Gloria, (actor.). Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957 (actor.). Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967 (composer.). Webb, Jack, 1920-1982 (actor.). Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 (film director,, screenwriter.). Paramount Pictures Corporation. (Added Author). William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton. (Cast).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0792172868
  • ISBN: 0792183436
  • ISBN: 9780792172864
  • ISBN: 9780792183433
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Collectors edition
  • Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2002]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Full screen format.
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"; 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.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematographer, John F. Seitz ; editors, Doane Harrison, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designer, Edith Head.
Participant or Performer Note:
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD; Dolby digital mono, Region 1 encoding, NTSC.
Language Note:
English or French dialogue, English subtitles.

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