Sunset Blvd.
(DVD)
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Published
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2002].
ISBN
0792172868
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Status
Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks
DVD SUNSET
1 available
DVD SUNSET
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks | DVD SUNSET | On Shelf |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Movies | DVD FEATURE SUN | On Shelf |
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District - Stacks | DVD SUNSET | Checked out |
Batavia Public Library District - Adult AV | DVD SUN | On Shelf |
Bensenville Community Public Library District - Adult DVD Feature Film | SUNSET (DVD)(CLASSIC) | On Shelf |
Bloomingdale Public Library - Adult AV | CLASSIC SUN | On Shelf |
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Published
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2002].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
0792172868
UPC
097360492743
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
General Note
Special features: Commentary by Ed Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard: the life and times of Billy Wilder" ; a 28 min. documentary, Sunset Blvd., a look back (c2002) ; theatrical trailer ; Hollywood location map ; photo galleries ; morgue prologue ; Edith Head - The Paramount Years (featurette) ; The music of Sunset Boulevard (featurette).
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematographer, John F. Seitz ; editors, Doane Harrison, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designer, Edith Head.
Participants/Performers
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton.
Description
Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay. Being broke he accepts. He falls in love with young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, Region 1 encoding, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono, .
Language
English or French dialogue; closed-captioned.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA, 1951: Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer); Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Franz Waxman); Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.)
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DVD
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brackett, C., Wilder, B., Marshman, D. M., Jr., Holden, W., Swanson, G., Von Stroheim, E., Olson, N., Clark, F., Gough, L., Webb, J., DeMille, C. B. 1., Hopper, H., Seitz, J. F. 1., Harrison, D., Schmidt, A., Waxman, F., & Head, E. (2002). Sunset Blvd. (Special collector's edition.). Paramount Pictures.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Charles Brackett et al.. 2002. Sunset Blvd.. Paramount Pictures.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Charles Brackett et al.. Sunset Blvd. Paramount Pictures, 2002.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brackett, Charles, et al. Sunset Blvd. Special collector's edition., Paramount Pictures, 2002.
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