TY - GEN AB - 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 a young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance. Thinking she is mad, he tries to leave, but Norma kills him in a scene which she believes is the highlight of her comeback movie. AU - Brackett, Charles, AU - Wilder, Billy, AU - Marshman, D. M., AU - Holden, William, AU - Swanson, Gloria, AU - Von Stroheim, Erich, AU - Olson, Nancy, AU - Clark, Fred, AU - Gough, Lloyd. AU - Webb, Jack, AU - DeMille, Cecil B. AU - Hopper, Hedda, AU - Seitz, John F. AU - Harrison, Doane, AU - Schmidt, Arthur. AU - Waxman, Franz, AU - Head, Edith. CN - PN1997 CN - PN1997 CY - Hollywood, Calif. : DA - [2002] ET - Special collector's ed. ID - 297444 KW - Actors KW - Motion picture industry LA - engfre LA - English or French dialogue; Closed-captioned. N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. N1 - 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). N2 - 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 a young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance. Thinking she is mad, he tries to leave, but Norma kills him in a scene which she believes is the highlight of her comeback movie. PB - Paramount Pictures, PP - Hollywood, Calif. : PY - [2002] SN - 0792172868 T1 - Sunset Blvd. TI - Sunset Blvd. ER -