Sunset Boulevard (1950) – 555 Nov Classic Cinema
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Director: Billy Wilder | Not Rated | 1h 50min
Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
"A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return."
Storyline:
In Hollywood of the '50s, the obscure screenplay writer Joe Gillis is not able to sell his work to the studios, is full of debts and is thinking in returning to his hometown to work in an office. While trying to escape from his creditors, he has a flat tire and parks his car in a decadent mansion in Sunset Boulevard. He meets the owner and former silent-movie star Norma Desmond, who lives alone with her butler and driver Max Von Mayerling. Norma is demented and believes she will return to the cinema industry and is protected and isolated from the world by Max, who was her director and husband in the past and still loves her. Norma proposes Joe to move to the mansion and help her in writing a screenplay for her comeback to the cinema, and the small-time writer becomes her lover and gigolo. When Joe falls in love for the young aspirant writer Betty Schaefer, Norma becomes jealous and completely insane and her madness leads to a tragic end.
Trivia:
Unlike the character she played, Gloria Swanson had accepted the fact that the movies didn't want her anymore so had moved to New York where she worked on radio, and later, on television. Although she had long before ruled out the possibility of a movie comeback, she was nevertheless highly intrigued when she got the offer to play the lead.
Your ticket ensures you a seat and a glass of wine or beer while you enjoy the chilled entertainment.
Food: We have a range of options from fries to 'Epicurean' pizzas, coffee & desserts available during the show.
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