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Sunset Blvd.

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

Release Date: August 04, 1950

Genres: Drama, Film-Noir

Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Charles Brackett

, D.M. Marshman Jr.

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Paramount Home Entertainment, Facets Multimedia Distribution

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,752,000

Domestic: $ 299,645

International: $ 428

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1950s abbreviation in title abuse abuse of power abusive relationship abusive woman actor actress afi ageism aging aging actress aging movie star ambition ambitious actress ambitious man ambitious woman animal burial antihero artistic creation ashtray asking for money aspiring screenwriter aspiring writer assistant director astrology attempted suicide attention seeker attention seeking auto repossession award winning film awkward situation baldness ballroom dancing band bare chested male barefoot male beauty treatment behind the scenes beverly hills california black comedy blackmail boyfriend girlfriend relationship breaking the fourth wall breakup bridge the card game broken dream burial buster keaton character butler california camera camera crew camp cane car car chase car phone car repossession card game card playing career careerism careerist casket celebration celebrity charles chaplin impersonation charles chaplin impression charlie chaplin impression charlie chaplin look alike charlie chaplin spoof chauffeur childish behavior childish woman chimpanzee cigarette cigarette case cigarette holder cigarette smoking classic car coat coffin collection agency comeback cool corpse corsage cosmetic surgery crime of passion cuckold cult classic cult film cutting wrist cynicism dance scene dancing dark comedy dark side of hollywood dead body dead body in a swimming pool dead chimpanzee dead monkey death death by gunshot death of protagonist debt deception delusion delusional delusional woman dementia denial depression director domineering girlfriend dream eating an apple egocentric egocentric woman egocentrism egotism emotional abuse emotional blackmail emotionally unstable woman employer employee relationship engagement escape evening wear ex husband ex wife relationship extramarital affair f rated face slap fame fame seeker fame seeking famous entrance famous line famous score fan letter fan mail female abuser female antagonist female boss sexually abuses a male employee female employer sexually abuses male employee female on male rape female on male sexual harassment female sexual predator female writer femme fatale fictional celebrity film camera film director film industry film producer film projector film set film studio film within a film filmmaker filmmaking financial crisis flash forward flashback flat tire former actress former film director former filmmaker former movie star former star funeral garage garage apartment garage door garbage can gaslighting ghost writer gift gigolo golf course gossip columnist grande dame guignol grave guest guest room gun gunshot h.b. warner character hairy chest hand bandage hand injury hedda hopper character hiding place hitchhiking hollywood california hollywood dream homicide squad hysterical woman impersonation in medias res infantile woman insanity interrogation intrigue irreverence jealous lover jealousy journalist kept man kidnapping lack of money laughter letter lifting a male into the air lifting an adult into the air lifting someone into the air lighting a cigarette for a woman lock removed from door loneliness los angeles california love affair love triangle loyal butler loyal servant loyalty male employee sexually abused by female employer male objectification male protagonist male survivor man kidnapped man sexually harassed by woman man wears a swimsuit manipulative behavior manipulative woman mansion matronizing meet cute melancholy melodrama memory mental illness mentally unstable woman microphone middle aged woman mistaken identity misunderstanding mob of reporters monkey motion picture industry motorcycle motorcycle cop movie camera movie director movie producer movie projector movie screen movie script movie star movie studio murder murder by gunshot murder by shooting murder investigation musician narcissism narcissist narcissistic woman narrated by character narrated from the grave national film registry neurotic new year's eve new year's eve party newsreel newsreel camera newsreel cameraman nose job nostalgia obsession older woman younger man relationship opening narration opportunism opportunist orchestral music score organist overcoat packing a suitcase paramount gate paramount pictures studio parasol party period in title pet funeral pet monkey pharmacy photograph photographer pipe organ pistol place in title playing bridge playing card playing golf playing piano pointing a gun at someone police police car police investigation portrait painting press price of fame psychological abuse psychological manipulation punctuation in title rain recluse reference to 20th century fox reference to a zodiac sign reference to adolphe menjou reference to alan ladd reference to astrology reference to betty hutton reference to bing crosby reference to cecil b. demille reference to charles lindbergh reference to charlie chaplin reference to d.w. griffith reference to darryl f. zanuck reference to donald duck reference to douglas fairbanks reference to elsa maxwell reference to fyodor dostoyevsky reference to gone with the wind reference to great expectations reference to great expectations the novel reference to greta garbo reference to henry wilcoxon reference to james joyce reference to joan of arc reference to john gilbert reference to john the baptist reference to king kong reference to leo the astrological sign reference to mabel normand reference to mack sennett reference to marie prevost reference to metro goldwyn mayer reference to miss havisham reference to paramount pictures reference to pearl white reference to rod la rocque reference to rudolph valentino reference to sagittarius the astrological sign reference to sagittarius the constellation reference to salome reference to scorpio the astrological sign reference to scorpio the constellation reference to the black dahlia murder reference to the naked and dead reference to the olympic games reference to tyrone power reference to vilma banky reference to wallace reid reference to william demarest refuge rehearsal repo man reporter repossession retired actress rich old lady rich woman satire schwab's drugstore hollywood screenplay screenwriter screenwriter as protagonist screenwriting script script rewrite script writer secret secretly observing self hatred selfish woman selfishness servant sexual abuse sexual harassment sexual harassment in the workplace sexual harrassment sexually harassed male sexually harassed man shooting shopping shot in the back shot in the stomach shot to death show business showbiz showbiz drama silent film star silent filmmaking silent movie silent movie actor silent movie actress silent movie star sing along singing siren the alarm sitting sneaking out at night sound stage soundstage spare room spotlight staircase street curb street in title studio backlot studio gate studio guard suicidal tendencies suicide suicide attempt suitcase sunbathing sunset boulevard sunset boulevard los angeles swimming pool tailor taking a photograph talent agent tango telegram telephone booth telephone call tennis court time timeframe 1950s title ends with period title spoken by character told in flashback tow truck tragic event tuxedo typewriter typing underwater scene vanity veil villa vintage car voice over narration wannabe washed up star water leak in ceiling wealthy woman woman sexually harasses a man woman wears sunglasses womanchild workplace harassment writer writer as protagonist writing writing a screenplay

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