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Sunset Boulevard (styled in the main title on-screen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American black comedy [1] [2] film noir [3] directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder and Charles Brackett. It is named after a major street that runs through Hollywood .
Sunset Boulevard: Directed by Billy Wilder. With William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson. A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Mar 1, 2019 · Do you remember how Sunset Boulevard ends? Norma Desmond shoots and kills the writer, a fraudster who has fallen under the spell of her charisma, just as he summons the courage to walk away. Her sycophantic butler flips.
98%Tomatometer114 Reviews 94%Audience Score50,000+ Ratings An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie...
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Norma Desmond lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company. She has become a sad demented recluse convinced that the outside world is clamoring for her dramatic return.
Jul 5, 2024 · A sharp critique of the film industry, Sunset Boulevard centres on the delusional aging film queen Norma Desmond (played by Swanson), who lives in a ramshackle mansion with her butler and former husband (Erich von Stroheim) while planning a doomed comeback.
Jun 27, 1999 · Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard” is the portrait of a forgotten silent star, living in exile in her grotesque mansion, screening her old films, dreaming of a comeback. But it's also a love story, and the love keeps it from becoming simply a waxworks or a freak show.
