Sunset Boulevard

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American film drama film film film noir

Sunset Boulevard is a classic 1950 American film noir drama about a faded silent film star and a struggling screenwriter, renowned for its dark satire of Hollywood and its iconic performances and dialogue.

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Label Occurrences
Sunset Boulevard canonical 24
Sunset Boulevard (1950 film) 2
Sunset Boulevard (musical lyrics) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
academyAwardNominations 11 ⓘ
academyAwardWins 3 ⓘ
cinematographyBy John F. Seitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Billy Wilder ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion United States theatrical release ⓘ
editedBy Arthur P. Schmidt ⓘ
Doane Harrison ⓘ
famousQuote All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up. ⓘ
I am big. It’s the pictures that got small. ⓘ
featuredInList AFI 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes ⓘ
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies ⓘ
surface form: AFI 100 Years...100 Movies
featuresCharacter Betty Schaefer ⓘ
Joe Gillis ⓘ
Max von Mayerling ⓘ
Norma Desmond ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
musicBy Franz Waxman ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person voice-over ⓘ
notableFor dark satire of Hollywood ⓘ
iconic dialogue ⓘ
iconic performances ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotFocus faded silent film star ⓘ
struggling screenwriter ⓘ
producer Charles Brackett ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1950-08-10 ⓘ
releaseYear 1950 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 110 ⓘ
screenwriter Billy Wilder ⓘ
Charles Brackett ⓘ
D. M. Marshman Jr. ⓘ
settingLocation Hollywood ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
starring Erich von Stroheim ⓘ
Fred Clark ⓘ
Gloria Swanson ⓘ
Hedda Hopper ⓘ
Jack Webb ⓘ
Lloyd Gough ⓘ
Nancy Olson ⓘ
William Holden ⓘ
subjectOf film scholarship on Hollywood self-reflexivity ⓘ
wonAcademyAwardFor Best Art Direction–Set Decoration, Black-and-White ⓘ
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture ⓘ
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay ⓘ

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Billy Wilder → directed → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Minskoff Theatre → previousProduction → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Glenn Close → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Edith Head → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Andrew Lloyd Webber → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Samuel Wilder → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Samuel Wilder → coWrote → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Elaine Paige → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Franklyn Farnum → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunset Boulevard (1950 film)
Franklyn Farnum → appearedIn → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunset Boulevard (1950 film)
Erich von Stroheim → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
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Nancy Olson → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
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Adelphi Theatre → notableProduction → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
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Hans Dreier → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
William Holden → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Doane Harrison → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Charles Brackett → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
Don Black → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunset Boulevard (musical lyrics)
Gloria Swanson → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
John F. Seitz → notableWork → Sunset Boulevard ⓘ
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