Sunset Boulevard (re-release)

Starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, and Franklyn Farnum

MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Paramount Pictures
Noir
100 minutes | B/W
USA
Released In Theaters August 1, 2003

Billy Wilder's 1950 classic stars Gloria Swanson as has-been silent film star Norma Desmond.

WRITTEN BY
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
D.M. Marshman Jr.

DIRECTED BY
Billy Wilder

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

xx / 100

Critic Reviews

100	TV Guide Staff (Not Credited) No other motion picture about Hollywood comes near Billy Wilder's searing, uncompromising and utterly fascinating portrait of the film community.
90	Variety Staff (Not Credited) Performances by the entire cast, and particularly William Holden and Gloria Swanson, are exceptionally fine.
80	Village Voice What's not recognized enough is the indelible, self-sickened performance of William Holden as Desmond's boy-toy/hired hack.

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