Sunset Blvd. (1950) Movie Overview

Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American noir film directed and co-written by Billy Wilder. It was named after the boulevard that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California. The film stars William Holden as down-on-his-luck screenwriter Joe Gillis, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a faded movie star who draws Gillis into her fantasy world in which she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen. Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough and Jack Webb play supporting roles. Director Cecil B. DeMille and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper play themselves, and the film includes cameo appearances by leading silent film figures Buster Keaton, H. B. Warner and Anna Q. Nilsson. Praised by many critics when first released, Sunset Boulevard was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won three. It is widely accepted as a classic, often cited as one of the most noteworthy films of American cinema. Deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the U.S. Library of Congress in 1989, Sunset Boulevard was included in the first group of films selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 1998, it was ranked number twelve on the America… Source

• Sunset Blvd. Movie Details
• Director: Billy Wilder
• Tagline: A Hollywood Story
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 110 min | Argentina:115 min
• Genre: Drama , Film-Noir

• Cast Overview
• William Holden as Joseph C. 'Joe' Gillis
• Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond
• Erich von Stroheim as Max Von Mayerling
• Nancy Olson as Betty Schaefer
• Fred Clark as Sheldrake
• Lloyd Gough as Morino

Sunset Blvd. Movie Review from New York Times

Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard ranks among the most scathing satires of Hollywood and the cruel fickleness of movie fandom. The story begins at the end as the body of Joe Gillis (William Holden) is fished out of a Hollywood swimming pool. From The Great Beyond, Joe details the circumstances of his untimely demise (originally, the film contained a… Source

Sunset Blvd. Movie Details from Imdb

The story, set in ’50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a c… Source

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