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Sunset Boulevard [videorecording] / [presented by] Paramount Pictures ; producer, Charles Brackett ; writers, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. ; director Billy Wilder

Contributor(s): Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969 | Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 | Marshman, D. M, 1922- | Holden, William, 1918-1981 | Swanson, Gloria | Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957 | Olson, Nancy, 1928- | Clark, Fred, 1914-1968 | Gough, Lloyd | Webb, Jack, 1920-1982 | Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Series: Paramount DVD collection: Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2002], c1950Edition: Special collector's ed. ; Full screen version.Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 9780792172864; 9780792183433; 0792172868.Subject(s): Actors and actresses -- Drama | Motion picture industry in motion picturesDDC classification: 791.4372
Production Credits: Cinematographer, John F. Seitz ; editors, Doane Harrison, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designer, Edith Head.
Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda HopperSummary: 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.
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791.4372 SUN 2002 (Browse shelf) DVD Video 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000525457

Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.

Special features: Commentary by Ed Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard: the life and times of Billy Wilder" ; the making of Sunset Boulevard ; theatrical trailer ; Hollywood location map ; photo galleries ; morgue prologue ; Edith Head - The Paramount Years featurette ; the music of Sunset Boulevard Featurette.

Cinematographer, John F. Seitz ; editors, Doane Harrison, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designer, Edith Head.

William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper

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.

DVD, Doby digital mono, Region 1 encoding

English or French dialogue; Closed-captioned