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Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American drama film noir directed by Billy Wilder. Produced by Charles Brackett for Paramount Pictures, the screenplay was written by Brackett, Wilder, and D. M. Marshman, Jr. The film stars William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, and Nancy Olson. It is set in Los Angeles and presented in black-and-white.
The narrative follows a hack screenwriter who writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. Franz Waxman composed the music, with John F. Seitz serving as director of photography. Hans Dreier designed the production, while Edith Head handled costumes. Arthur P. Schmidt edited the film, which has a runtime of 110 minutes.
The movie received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, as well as National Board of Review Awards for Top Ten Films and Best Film. It was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor, and Best Actress. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix.
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Film · TMDB
8.3A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Cast
- William Holden as 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
Themes
- new year's eve
- jealousy
- loss of sense of reality
- screenwriter
- butler
- delusion
- diva
- film noir
- hollywood
- los angeles, california
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Named after
- Sunset Boulevard
- Genre
- film noir
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- loneliness
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Screenwriter
- D. M. Marshman, Jr.
- Cast member
- Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Producer
- Charles Brackett
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- John F. Seitz
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 536488
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.paramount.com/movies/sunset-boulevard
- Image
- Sunset Boulevard (1950 poster).jpg
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- Commons category
- Sunset Blvd. (1950 film)
- publication date
- 1950-08-18
- title
- Sunset Boulevard
- film editor
- Arthur P. Schmidt
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Hans Dreier
- costume designer
- Edith Head
- derivative work
- Sunset Boulevard
- set in period
- 1940s
- different from
- Sunset Boulevard
- review score
- 4.4/5
- capital cost
- 1750000
- box office
- 5000000
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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