Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
Special features: Sunset Boulevard : the beginning; The noir side of Sunset Boulevard ; 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 ; The score of Sunset Boulevard ; Behind the gates: the lot ; Hollywood location map ; Paramount in the '50s: Retrospective featurette ; Edith Head: the Paramount years ; original theatrical trailer ; galleries; commentary by Ed Sikov.
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.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen; Dolby digital mono.
Home use only.
Copy protected.
In English or dubbed French or Spanish with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned in English.
Academy Awards, 1951: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White ; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture ; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay.
National Film Registry selection, 1989.
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