Aaron Jones
over 2 years
ago
I am big. It's the pictures that got small! Can't believe it took me so long to watch this
Pamela Murray
almost 3 years
ago
And Gloria Swanson is an old hag at 50?
Rachel Marshall
over 3 years
ago
Classic! Very creepy and sad with fantastic dialogue. A tale of the aftermath of fame.
Michael Cole
5 years
ago
Like Singin' in the Rain, but there's no music and everybody's depressing.
Tony Gandía
over 5 years
ago
Perfection. Sublime acting, directing and writing.
Charlie Alcock
almost 6 years
ago
They don't make them like they used to...
Mark Lechman
6 years
ago
A Faded Movie Star is persuaded a small time writer can give her back some Shine, He can't
Austin
7 years
ago
An amazing film, maybe the best Hollywood movie made about Hollywood.
Robyn Hamilton
over 7 years
ago
Fantastic performances and script, still feels totally relevant of today's Hollywood.
Emmet O Sullivan
almost 8 years
ago
Awesome film, really dark and unsettling. Norma Desmond is a great character
Sonja Osmanović
8 years
ago
Čudno je kako su ljudi dobri prema nekome, tek kada on umre
Lynn Hilditch
8 years
ago
I could watch this film over and over again. Swanson is majestic as the aged silent star!
Kevin Luckham
over 8 years
ago
The absolute masterpiece, and one of the films that define the Noir genre.
Sunset Boulevard (also known as Sunset Blvd.) is a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after the boulevard that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California.
The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful screenwriter, Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a faded silent movie star who draws him into her fantasy world where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen with Erich von Stroheim as Max Von Mayerling, her butler and ex-husband. Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough and Jack Webb play supporting roles. Director Cecil B. DeMille and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper play themselves, and the film includes cameo appearances by leading silent film actors Buster Keaton, H. B. Warner and Anna Q. Nilsson.
Praised by many critics when first released, Sunset Boulevard was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won three. It is widely accepted as a classic, often cited...