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Sunset Boulevard

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

Director

Billy Wilder

Year

Genre

Drama, Film-Noir

Box Office

$299,645

Production

N/A

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 19 wins & 20 nominations total

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GILLIS Yes this is Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles California - Sunset Boulevard

GILLIS Yes this is Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles California

GILLIS As I drove back towards town I took inventory of my prospects - Sunset Boulevard

GILLIS As I drove back towards town I took inventory of my...

I had landed myself
in the driveway of some big mansion - Sunset Boulevard

I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion

I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion - Sunset Boulevard

I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion

It was a great big white elephant of a place - Sunset Boulevard

It was a great big white elephant of a place

Taking it out on the world because she'd been given the go by - Sunset Boulevard

Taking it out on the world because she'd been given the...

NORMA You there Why are you so late - Sunset Boulevard

NORMA You there Why are you so late

Wipe your feet - Sunset Boulevard

In here. - Sunset Boulevard

I've made up my mind
we'll bury him in the garden. - Sunset Boulevard

I've made up my mind we'll bury him in the garden.

If you need any help with the coffin call me - Sunset Boulevard

If you need any help with the coffin call me

NORMA This way - Sunset Boulevard

I want the coffin to be white and I want it specially lined with satin - Sunset Boulevard

I want the coffin to be white and I want it specially lined...

How much will it be - Sunset Boulevard

How much will it be

Wait a minute Haven't I seen you before I know your face - Sunset Boulevard

Wait a minute Haven't I seen you before I know your...

There was a time in this business - Sunset Boulevard

There was a time in this business

They took the idols and smashed them - Sunset Boulevard

They took the idols and smashed them

Don't blame me I'm not an executive just a writer - Sunset Boulevard

Don't blame me I'm not an executive just a writer

Intimate isn't it - Sunset Boulevard

Intimate isn't it

Next time I'll bring my autograph album along - Sunset Boulevard

Next time I'll bring my autograph album along

You're a writer you said GILLIS Why - Sunset Boulevard

You're a writer you said GILLIS Why

Young man tell me something - Sunset Boulevard

Young man tell me something

It's a story of Salome I think I'll have DeMille direct it - Sunset Boulevard

It's a story of Salome I think I'll have DeMille...

Only asking I didn't know you were planning a comeback - Sunset Boulevard

Only asking I didn't know you were planning a comeback

GILLIS Well I had no pressing engagement - Sunset Boulevard

GILLIS Well I had no pressing engagement

Fair enough Salome What a woman What a part - Sunset Boulevard

Fair enough Salome What a woman What a part

As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring - Sunset Boulevard

As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring

Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad writing can be - Sunset Boulevard

Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad...

It sure was a cozy setup,
that bundle of raw nerves and Max - Sunset Boulevard

It sure was a cozy setup, that bundle of raw nerves and Max

As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring - Sunset Boulevard

As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring

What it needs is maybe a little more dialog - Sunset Boulevard

What it needs is maybe a little more dialog

Sagittarius I like Sagittarians You can trust them - Sunset Boulevard

Sagittarius I like Sagittarians You can trust them

GILLIS I felt kind of pleased with the way I'd handled the situation - Sunset Boulevard

GILLIS I felt kind of pleased with the way I'd handled...

Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been stricken - Sunset Boulevard

Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been...

Say she's quite a character that Norma Desmond - Sunset Boulevard

Say she's quite a character that Norma Desmond

GILLIS I pegged him as slightly cuckoo too - Sunset Boulevard

GILLIS I pegged him as slightly cuckoo too

There was something else going on below - Sunset Boulevard

There was something else going on below

Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been stricken - Sunset Boulevard

Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been...

There was something else going on below - Sunset Boulevard

There was something else going on below

It was all very queer But queerer things were yet to come - Sunset Boulevard

It was all very queer But queerer things were yet to come

Cut away from me - Sunset Boulevard

Cut away from me

You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break his neck - Sunset Boulevard

You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break...

That's it - Sunset Boulevard

How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma Desmonds - Sunset Boulevard

How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma...

The plain fact was she was afraid of that world outside - Sunset Boulevard

The plain fact was she was afraid of that world outside

She'd sit very close to me - Sunset Boulevard

She'd sit very close to me

We didn't need dialog We had faces - Sunset Boulevard

We didn't need dialog We had faces

There just aren't any faces like that anymore - Sunset Boulevard

There just aren't any faces like that anymore

Oh those idiot producers Those imbeciles - Sunset Boulevard

Oh those idiot producers Those imbeciles

The others around the table would be actor friends - Sunset Boulevard

The others around the table would be actor friends

One diamond One heart - Sunset Boulevard

One diamond One heart

Now you're being silly We don't need two cars We have a car - Sunset Boulevard

Now you're being silly We don't need two cars We...

She'd take me for rides in the hills above Sunset - Sunset Boulevard

She'd take me for rides in the hills above Sunset

Well as long as the lady's paying for it why not take the vicuna - Sunset Boulevard

Well as long as the lady's paying for it why not take...

GILLIS The last week in December the rains came - Sunset Boulevard

GILLIS The last week in December the rains came

Madame's doctor Madame has moments of melancholy - Sunset Boulevard

Madame's doctor Madame has moments of melancholy

GILLIS There it was again - Sunset Boulevard

GILLIS There it was again

You know to me getting dressed up was always - Sunset Boulevard

You know to me getting dressed up was always

Here's to us - Sunset Boulevard

You know this floor used to be wood but I had it changed - Sunset Boulevard

You know this floor used to be wood but I had it changed

There are no other guests - Sunset Boulevard

There are no other guests

I felt caught like the cigarette in that contraption on her finger - Sunset Boulevard

I felt caught like the cigarette in that contraption on her...

Don't be silly - Sunset Boulevard

I had to be with people my own age I had to hear somebody laugh again - Sunset Boulevard

I had to be with people my own age I had to hear somebody...

Well what do you know Joe Gillis Hiya Artie - Sunset Boulevard

Well what do you know Joe Gillis Hiya Artie

Betty Schaefer Sheldrake's office Oh sure Bases Loaded - Sunset Boulevard

Betty Schaefer Sheldrake's office Oh sure Bases Loaded

Thanks I've been hoping to run into you - Sunset Boulevard

Thanks I've been hoping to run into you

Hey Joe I said you could have my couch - Sunset Boulevard

Hey Joe I said you could have my couch

Are you hungry Hungry - Sunset Boulevard

Are you hungry Hungry

You won't I'll get us a refill of this horrible liquid - Sunset Boulevard

You won't I'll get us a refill of this horrible...

What kind of a silly thing was that to do - Sunset Boulevard

What kind of a silly thing was that to do

You really going to send that script to DeMille - Sunset Boulevard

You really going to send that script to DeMille

I'm not just selling the script I'm selling me - Sunset Boulevard

I'm not just selling the script I'm selling me

Oh stop it Artie will you Where've you been keeping yourself - Sunset Boulevard

Oh stop it Artie will you Where've you been keeping...

I can still see myself in the line Marie Prevost Mabel Normand - Sunset Boulevard

I can still see myself in the line Marie Prevost Mabel...

Mabel was always stepping on my feet - Sunset Boulevard

Mabel was always stepping on my feet

Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a picture - Sunset Boulevard

Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a...

Madame is wanted on the telephone You know better than to interrupt me - Sunset Boulevard

Madame is wanted on the telephone You know better than to...

Incredible as it may seem - Sunset Boulevard

Incredible as it may seem

Jonesy Hey Jonesy Yeah - Sunset Boulevard

Jonesy Hey Jonesy Yeah

Because without me there wouldn't be any Paramount Studio - Sunset Boulevard

Because without me there wouldn't be any Paramount...

Norma Desmond She must be a million years old - Sunset Boulevard

Norma Desmond She must be a million years old

I can tell her you're all tied up in the projection room - Sunset Boulevard

I can tell her you're all tied up in the projection...

You didn't know Norma Desmond as a lovely little girl of 17 - Sunset Boulevard

You didn't know Norma Desmond as a lovely little girl...

That last time I saw you was some place very gay - Sunset Boulevard

That last time I saw you was some place very gay

Norma Desmond Why I thought she was dead - Sunset Boulevard

Norma Desmond Why I thought she was dead

We've missed you too dear - Sunset Boulevard

We've missed you too dear

You see those offices there Mr Gillis - Sunset Boulevard

You see those offices there Mr Gillis

Just so you don't think I'm a complete swine - Sunset Boulevard

Just so you don't think I'm a complete swine

To begin with I think you should throw out all that psychological mess - Sunset Boulevard

To begin with I think you should throw out all that...

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

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Billy Wilder

Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.

Production: N/A

Genre: Drama, Film-Noir

Year: 1950

MetaScore: 94/100

ImdbRating: 8.4

BoxOffice: $299,645

Released: 04 Aug 1950

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 19 wins & 20 nominations total

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Also watch: All About Eve, Double Indemnity, The Apartment, Some Like It Hot, Harvey, Witness for the Prosecution, City Lights, Rashomon, Rear Window, The Great Dictator, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, The Seven Year Itch, Ace in the Hole, Laura, Modern Times, Citizen Kane, Leave Her to Heaven