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Summary:
Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard ranks among the most scathing satires of Hollywood and the cruel fickleness of movie fandom. The story begins at the end as the body of Joe Gillis (William Holden) is fished out of a Hollywood swimming pool. From The Great Beyond, Joe details the circumstances of his untimely demise (originally, the film contained a lengthy prologue wherein the la... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
William Holden - (Joe Gillis)
Gloria Swanson - (Norma Desmond)
Erich Von Stroheim - (Max Von Mayerling)
Nancy Olson - (Betty Schaefer)
Fred Clark - (Sheldrake)
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Review:
Tackling the kind of movie "that never quite worked," Billy Wilder made one of greatest films about Hollywood. In his pungent satire of the industry's sordidness, Wilder turned Hollywood history back on itself, with the presence of silent film star Gloria Swanson as aging silent diva Norma Desmond and great silent director Erich von Stro... Continue >>

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