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Sunset Boulevard(Movie, 1950)

1h 50min | Genre: Drama
Sunset BoulevardRating: 4.2/5 (with 10891,089 votes)
Sunset Boulevard (styled in the main title on-screen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American black comedy film noir directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder and Charles Brackett. It was named after a major street that runs through Hollywood. The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a former silent-film star who draws him into her deranged fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen. Erich von Stroheim plays Max von Mayerling, her devoted butler, and Nancy Olson, Jack Webb, Lloyd Gough, and Fred Clark appear in supporting roles. Direc... ()
Movie poster of Sunset Boulevard

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"Sunset Boulevard" is currently available on 2 providers. Sunset Boulevard can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Available subtitles: English
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Amazon Instant Video
Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 50min
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Apple / iTunes Store
Duration: 1h 50min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Sunset Boulevard

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score National Board of Review: Top Ten Films National Board of Review Award for Best Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

About Sunset Boulevard

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Sunset Boulevard" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 28 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/07/1951 (World premiere: 08/10/1950)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Crepúsculo dos Deuses"
"红楼金粉"
"El crepúsculo de los dioses"
"Η Λεωφόρος της Δύσης"
"غروب یک ستاره"
"선셋 대로"
"선셋 블러바드"
"Bulwar Zachodzącego Słońca"
"Бульвар Сансет"
"Sunset Blvd."
Budget: 1,752,000 USD
Revenue: 5,000,000 USD (= 285%)
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:3761, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/11/2024