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Sunset Blvd.

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

Desperate for cash, screenwriter Joe Gillis has a chance meeting with a faded silent film star. Norma Desmond lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company. She has become a sad demented recluse convinced that the outside world is clamoring for her dramatic return. Enticing him with the prospect of script work she puts him up in her mansion and he becomes ever more involved and entangled in her life.

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Sunset Boulevard - Trailer

Sunset Boulevard - Trailer

Writer Robert Towne on Billy Wilder's SUNSET BLVD.

Writer Robert Towne on Billy Wilder's SUNSET BLVD.

"I Am Big, It's the Pictures That Got Small" Clip

“Mr. DeMille, I m Ready for My Close Up” Official Film Clip

“Mr. DeMille, I m Ready for My Close Up” Official Film Clip

Info about Sunset Blvd.

Studio(s): Paramount Pictures

Originally Released: United States, Aug 10, 1950

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $5,303,175.00

Budget: $1,752,000.00

Genres:Drama, Film-Noir

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