Bibliograph

Sunset Blvd., a Paramount Picture ; produced by Charles Brackett ; writers, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. ; directed by Billy Wilder, DVD/Fullscreen

Type

Label

Sunset Blvd., a Paramount Picture ; produced by Charles Brackett ; writers, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. ; directed by Billy Wilder, DVD/Fullscreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Sunset Blvd.

Oclc number

51102995

Responsibility statement

a Paramount Picture ; produced by Charles Brackett ; writers, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. ; directed by Billy Wilder

Runtime

110

Series statement

Paramount DVD collection

Summary

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, setting tragedy into motion

Table Of Contents

Academy Awards, USA, 1951: Oscar -- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer); Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Franz Waxman); Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.)

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Boulevard du CrépusculeSunset Boulevard

resource.version

DVD/Fullscreen

Classification