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

I hate that word. It's a return, a return to the millions of people who have never...

Joe Gillis:

I didn't know you were planning a comeback. Norma Desmond:
I hate that word. It's a return, a return to the millions of people who have never forgiven me for deserting the screen

Full Transcript

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Only asking I didn't know you were planning a comeback
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I hate that word It's a return
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A return to the millions of people
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who have never forgiven me for deserting the screen
Duration
12 seconds
Views
1,532
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:09
Uploaded
Nov 23, 2022
Genres
drama, film-noir
Production
Paramount Pictures

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Movie Summary

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

Actors

William Holden
Joe Gillis
William Holden
Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond
Gloria Swanson
GILLIS Well I had no pressing engagement - Sunset Blvd 00:26
GILLIS Well I had no pressing engagement
Fair enough Salome What a woman What a part - Sunset Blvd 00:30
Fair enough Salome What a woman What a part
As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring - Sunset Blvd 00:40
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 Blvd 00:15
Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad...
It sure was a cozy setup, that bundle of raw nerves and Max - Sunset Blvd 00:15
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 Blvd 00:40
As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring
What it needs is maybe a little more dialog - Sunset Blvd 00:11
What it needs is maybe a little more dialog
Sagittarius I like Sagittarians You can trust them - Sunset Blvd 00:14
Sagittarius I like Sagittarians You can trust them
GILLIS I felt kind of pleased with the way I'd handled the situation - Sunset Blvd 00:18
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 Blvd 01:10
Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been...
Say she's quite a character that Norma Desmond - Sunset Blvd 00:39
Say she's quite a character that Norma Desmond
GILLIS I pegged him as slightly cuckoo too - Sunset Blvd 00:13
GILLIS I pegged him as slightly cuckoo too
There was something else going on below - Sunset Blvd 00:26
There was something else going on below
Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been stricken - Sunset Blvd 00:15
Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been...
There was something else going on below - Sunset Blvd 00:35
There was something else going on below
It was all very queer But queerer things were yet to come - Sunset Blvd 00:08
It was all very queer But queerer things were yet to come
Cut away from me - Sunset Blvd 00:21
Cut away from me
You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break his neck - Sunset Blvd 00:18
You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break...
That's it - Sunset Blvd 00:15
That's it
How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma Desmonds - Sunset Blvd 00:15
How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma...