false 268413 2 Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, a classic film noir and a damning dissection of the Hollywood dream factory, is also one long in-joke about the movie industry and those who made it great-and who were, in turn, destroyed by it. Close-up on Sunset Boulevard tells the story of this extravagant work, from the writing, casting, and filming to the disastrous previews that made Paramount consider shelving it. It's about the writing team of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett and their raucous professional relationship. It's about the art direction and sets, the lights and cameras. Most of all, it's about the personalities-from Gloria Swanson and her queenly comeback as Norma Desmond to the handsome but henpecked William Holden, from the cheerful ingenue Nancy Olson to the once-famous but now-forgotten 'Waxworks.' 260207 2002 Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream total:25|5:7|4:10|3:4|2:4|1:0| 25 95 46 3 4 0 false false Sun Jul 27 11:25:59 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 11:30:03 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 12:53:43 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 12:54:37 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 08:11:26 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 08:12:10 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Nov 05 03:37:52 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 03:37:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 22 22:34:01 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 15:22:31 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Sep 06 14:51:33 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 14:51:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 21:34:26 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 21:34:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sat Sep 05 18:45:47 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 18:45:47 -0700 2009 1 0 0 false false Sun Jun 28 21:42:03 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 21:42:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 17 09:03:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 09:03:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 05 08:38:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 08:38:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 08 05:26:31 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 05:26:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 30 09:07:20 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:07:20 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Apr 24 21:55:09 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 21:55:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jun 08 11:20:39 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 19:03:42 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 11:20:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 18 12:06:54 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 12:06:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 20 16:55:16 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 16:55:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 11 19:51:30 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 18:28:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 19 09:47:21 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 09:47:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 13 14:51:54 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 14:51:54 -0800 2009