9 thoughts on “ Sunset Boulevard ”

1. Sep 29,  · Directed by Billy Wilder. With William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson. A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return/10(K).

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2. Sunset Boulevard is a truly great film with a wealth of fascinating ideas, which remains one of the greatest films ever made about Hollywood. While Mulholland Drive and Peeping Tom are ultimately 98%.

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3. Sunset Boulevard is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton.. Based on Billy Wilder's Academy Award-winning film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street.. When young screenwriter Joe Gillis Cited by: 1.

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4. Directed by Rob Ashford. With Glenn Close. Joe is a cynical screenplay writer disenchanted by his ill luck on the Hollywood scene. Norma is a washed-up silent-film star who didn't survive the transition to talking pictures. Together they begin a strange, mostly psychological, affair in her decaying house on Sunset curforthtersidosu.galbergrencalatasasumjuawellupe.co: Glenn Close.

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5. "Sunset Boulevard" has a number of good things going for it. First is the story. William Holden's character knows he is stuck in the rip current that is Gloria Swanson's character, but he seems unable, or unwilling, to do much about his situation.

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6. The film opens with the camera tracking down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California as police cars begin racing down it. The lifeless body of a young man, Joe Gillis (Holden) floats in the swimming pool of a palatial mansion. As the police begin converging on the house Joe's voice narrates, in flashback style, the events leading up to his.

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7. Sunset Blvd. () cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

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8. Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard” is the portrait of a forgotten silent star, living in exile in her grotesque mansion, screening her old films, dreaming of a comeback. But it's also a love story, and the love keeps it from becoming simply a waxworks or a freak show.

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9. We recommend booking Sunset Boulevard tours ahead of time to secure your spot. If you book with Tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. See all 48 Sunset Boulevard tours on Tripadvisor4/5().

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