Sunset Blvd /

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:	Sunset Blvd.
Corporate Author:	Paramount Pictures Corporation
Other Authors:	Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002, Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969, Marshman, D. M., 1922-, 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, 1890-1966, Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, Nilsson, Anna Q., Warner, H. B. (Henry Byron), 1876-1958, Farnum, Franklyn, -1961, Evans, Ray, 1915-2007, Livingston, Jay, 1915-2001, Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967, Head, Edith
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English French
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned. Soundtracks in English and French, with optional subtitles in English.
Published:	Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2002]
Edition:	Special collector's ed.
Series:	Paramount DVD collection.
Subjects:	Film noir. Actresses > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Drama. Motion picture industry > Drama. Actors > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Show business > Feature > Videodisc. Romance > Feature > Videodisc. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Motion pictures, American. Feature films.

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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.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Full screen format. Special features: Commentary by edition Sikov, author of On Sunset Boulevard : the life and times of Billy Wilder -- The making of Sunset Boulevard -- Hollywood location map -- Photo galleries -- Morgue prologue script pages -- Edith Head : the Paramount years (featurette) -- The music of Sunset Boulevard (featurette) -- Theatrical trailer. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; region 1; Dolby digital, mono.
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:	Academy Awards, 1950: Best Writing (Story and Screenplay) (Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr.), Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) (Art Direction: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer), Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) (Franz Waxman)
Production Credits:	Director of photography, John F. Seitz ; edited by Doane Harrison, Arthur Schmidt ; costumes Edith Head ; music score by Franz Waxman.
ISBN:	0792172868