Sunset Boulevard 1950

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 110 min

genre: comedy

theme: black comedy

director: Billy Wilder

Score: 8 / 10

Sunset Boulevard (styled in the main title on-screen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American black comedy film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after a major street that runs through Hollywood, the center of the American film industry.

Plot

At a mansion on Sunset Boulevard, a group of police officers and photographers discover the body of Joe Gillis floating face down in the swimming pool. In a flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death.

Awards

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author	Billy Wilder Charles Brackett D. M. Marshman, Jr.
award	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay National Board of Review Award for Best Film National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Los Angeles
director	Billy Wilder
editor	Arthur Schmidt Doane Harrison
events	cinema of the United States delusion end of career failing film industry human ageing loneliness movie star
genre	comedy drama
keywords	abandon arrest descent into madness divorce fan mail film director film star flashback flee float isotta fraschini isotta fraschini tipo 8a kept man learn listen new year newsreel ohio police officer present day repossession salome script coverage script doctor script reader silent film silent film star sunset boulevard swimming pool walk
musicBy	Franz Waxman
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Charles Brackett
productionCompany	Paramount Pictures
publisher	Paramount Pictures
theme	black comedy film noir satirical