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Sunset Boulevard

"A Hollywood Story."

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Ratings & Reviews

IMDb
8.4/10
248,927 votes
98/100
Fresh
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94/100
Metascore
TMDB
8.3/10
2,885 votes
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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

🏆

5

Wins

📋

11

Nominations

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Academy Awards

🏆 3 wins📋 8 nominations
Won
Best Art Direction, Black and White
Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Nominated
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Film Editing
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Other Awards

🏆 2 wins
Won
National Board of Review for Best Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$1.8M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$5.0M

Global Box Office

Domestic

$299,645

United States

Profit

+$3.2M

ROI: +185%

Budget Recovery285% of budget
$0|Budget: $1.8M|Revenue: $5.0M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

94.3K

Daily Avg

1.6K

7-Day Trend

-47%
30 days agoToday
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Story Setting

Set In
Los Angeles
Time Period
1940s

Themes & Subjects

#delusion#loneliness#failure#filmindustry#ageing#moviestar#cinemaoftheunitedstates#endofcareer

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

John F. Seitz

Film Editing

Arthur P. Schmidt

Music / Score

Franz Waxman

Costume Design

Edith Head

Production Design

Hans Dreier

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Distributors

NetflixParamount Pictures

Technical Specifications

Color

black-and-white

Aspect Ratio

Academy ratio

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Sunset Boulevard

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United States of AmericaNR
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United KingdomPG
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Canada
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Australia
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India
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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesNR
United KingdomPG
Germany12
FranceU
JapanG
BelgiumAL
BrazilL
Denmark15

+5 more countries

Production

Director

Billy Wilder

Writers

Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Cast

William Holden photo

William Holden

Joe Gillis

Gloria Swanson photo

Gloria Swanson

Norma Desmond

Erich von Stroheim photo

Erich von Stroheim

Max von Mayerling

Nancy Olson photo

Nancy Olson

Betty Schaefer

Fred Clark photo

Fred Clark

Sheldrake

Lloyd Gough photo

Lloyd Gough

Morino

Jack Webb photo

Jack Webb

Artie Green

Franklyn Farnum photo

Franklyn Farnum

Undertaker

Larry J. Blake photo

Larry J. Blake

1st Finance Man

No Image

Charles Dayton

2nd Finance Man

Cecil B. DeMille photo

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper photo

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

Tags & Keywords

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