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Sunset Boulevard (styled in the main title on-screen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American black comedy film noir directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder and Charles Brackett. It was named after a major street that runs through Hollywood.
Sunset Blvd.: 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.
Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles, California, United States, that stretches from the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades east to Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles.
Summaries. A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. Desperate for cash, screenwriter Joe Gillis has a chance meeting with a faded silent film star. Norma Desmond lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company.
Jun 27, 1999 · Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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.
Arguably the greatest movie about Hollywood, Billy Wilder's masterpiece Sunset Boulevard is a tremendously entertaining combination of noir, black comedy, and character study. An aging silent...
Apr 26, 2024 · Sunset Boulevard. Gloria Swanson and William Holden in Sunset Boulevard (1950), directed by Billy Wilder. Sunset Boulevard, American film noir, released in 1950, that is often cited as one of Hollywood ’s greatest films, especially noted for Gloria Swanson ’s portrayal of a fading silent-film star.
