Sunset Boulevard
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2002].
Format
DVD
Edition
Special collector's edition.
ISBN
0792172868, 9780792172864, 0792183436, 9780792183433
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2002].
Edition
Special collector's edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0792172868, 9780792172864, 0792183436, 9780792183433
UPC
097360492743, 097360492774
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
General Note
Full screen format.
General Note
Special features: commentary by edition Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard: the life and times of Billy Wilder"; The making of Sunset Boulevard (26 min.); Hollywood location map; photo galleries; morgue prologue script pages; Edith Head--the Paramount years (14 min.); The music of Sunset Boulevard (15 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematographer, John F. Seitz ; editors, Doane Harrison, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designer, Edith Head.
Participants/Performers
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, Dolby digital mono, Region 1 encoding, NTSC.
Language
English or French dialogue, English subtitles.
Awards
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.)
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brackett, C., Wilder, B., Marshman, D. M., Jr., Holden, W., Swanson, G., Von Stroheim, E., Olson, N., Clark, F., Gough, L., Webb, J., DeMille, C. B. 1., Hopper, H., Seitz, J. F. 1., Harrison, D., Schmidt, A., Waxman, F., & Head, E. (2002). Sunset Boulevard (Special collector's edition.). Paramount Pictures.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Charles Brackett et al.. 2002. Sunset Boulevard. Paramount Pictures.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Charles Brackett et al.. Sunset Boulevard Paramount Pictures, 2002.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brackett, Charles, et al. Sunset Boulevard Special collector's edition., Paramount Pictures, 2002.
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