Movie Details
Theatrical Release:August 10th, 1950
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On DVD & Blu-ray:April 25th, 2017
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Movie Budget:$1,752,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$5,000,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Paramount Pictures
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Sunset Boulevard Quotes
Preparation for the Princess Scene
Max:
Are you ready, Norma?
Norma:
What is the scene? Where am I?
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Reflections on Fame and Death in Hollywood
Joe Gillis:
Well, this is where you came in. Back at that pool again, the one I always wanted. It's dawn now, and they must have photographed me a thousand times. Then they got a couple of pruning hooks from the garden and fished me out, ever so gently. Funny how gentle people get with you once you're dead. They beached me like a harpooned baby whale and started to check the damage, just for the record. By this time, the whole joint was jumping - cops, reporters, neighbors, passersby, as much hoopdedoo as we get in Los Angeles when they open a supermarket. Even the newsreel guys came roaring in. Here was an item everybody could have some fun with, the heartless so-and-sos! What would they do to Norma? Even if she got away with it in court - crime of passion, temporary insanity - those headlines would kill her: Forgotten Star a Slayer, Aging Actress, Yesterday's Glamour Queen'...
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