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2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1950
Disc 1. Feature film (110 min.) -- Disc 2. Special features (141 min.)
The story of aging silent film star Norma Desmond, who hires a down-on-his-luck screenwriter to come up with a script that will lead to her grand comeback to film and stardom
Disc one has feature film and commentary by Ed Sikov
Disc two special features: Sunset Boulevard: the beginning ; The noir side of Sunset Boulevard by Joseph Wambaugh ; Sunset Boulevard becomes a classic ; Two sides of Ms. Swanson ; Stories of Sunset Boulevard ; Mad about the boy: a portrait of William Holden ; Recording Sunset Boulevard ; The city of Sunset Boulevard ; Morgue prologue script pages ; Franz Waxman and the music of Sunset Boulevard ; Behind the gates: the lot ; Hollywood location map ; Paramount in the '50s: retrospective featurette ; Edith Head: the Paramount years featurette ; Original theatrical trailer ; Galleries
Director of photography, John F. Seitz ; editor, Arthur Schmidt ; music score, Franz Waxman
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton
Rating: Not rated
DVD, full screen; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital mono
English, French, or Spanish audio; subtitles in English, French, or Spanish. English closed-captioned