Sunset Blvd

DVD - 2017

The story of an aging film queen who prepares for her grand comeback to stardom.

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Subjects
Genres
Video recordings
Drama
Fiction films
Film noir
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Feature films
Published
[Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount Home Entertainment [2017]
Language
English
French
Spanish
Corporate Author
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Corporate Author
Paramount Pictures Corporation (production company)
Other Authors
Billy Wilder, 1906-2002 (film director), Charles Brackett, 1892-1969 (film producer), D. M. Marshman, 1922-2015 (screenwriter), William Holden, 1918-1981 (actor), Gloria Swanson, 1897-1983, Erich Von Stroheim, 1885-1957, Nancy Olson, 1928-, Fred Clark, 1914-1968, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, 1920-1982, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount) DeMille, 1881-1959, Hedda Hopper, 1885-1966, Buster Keaton, 1895-1966
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
Special features: Sunset Boulevard : the beginning; The noir side of Sunset Boulevard ; Sunset Boulevard becomes a classic ; Two sides of Ms. Swanson ; Stories of Sunset Boulevard ; Mad about the boy: a portrait of William Holden ; Recording Sunset Boulevard ; The city of Sunset Boulevard ; Morgue prologue script pages ; The score of Sunset Boulevard ; Behind the gates: the lot ; Hollywood location map ; Paramount in the '50s: Retrospective featurette ; Edith Head: the Paramount years ; original theatrical trailer ; galleries; commentary by edition Sikov.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen; Dolby digital mono.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Awards
Academy Awards, 1951: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White ; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture ; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay.
National Film Registry selection, 1989.
Production Credits
Director of photography, John F. Seitz ; editor, Arthur Schmidt ; music score, Franz Waxman.
  • Disc 1. Feature film (110 min.)
  • Disc 2. Special features (141 min.).