Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard1950

Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: Drama
Sunset Boulevard (also known as Sunset Blvd.) is a 1950 American film noir about the efforts of a faded movie star to entrap an unsuspecting down-on-his-luck screenwriter into her fantasy world in which she dreams of making a triumphant return to th… more »



Joe Gillis:
I've got some ideas myself. One of them being this is New Year's Eve. How about living it up a little?

Betty Schaefer:
As for instance?

Joe Gillis:
Well....

Betty Schaefer:
We could make some paper boats and have a regatta. Or we could turn on the shower full blast.

Joe Gillis:
How about capturing the kitchen and barricading the door?

Betty Schaefer:
Are you hungry?

Joe Gillis:
Hungry? After twelve years in the Burmese jungle. I am starving, Lady Agatha -- starving for a white shoulder --

Betty Schaefer:
Phillip, you're mad!

Girl:
You can have the phone now.

Joe Gillis:
[Paying no attention] Thirsting for the coolness of your lips -

Betty Schaefer:
No, Phillip, no. We must be strong. You're still wearing the uniform of the Coldstream Guards! Furthermore, you can have the phone now.

Joe Gillis:
O.K. [He gets up, starts out, turns] Suddenly I find myself terribly afraid of losing you.

Betty Schaefer:
You won't. [She takes the glass out of his hand] I'll get us a refill of this horrible liquid.

Joe Gillis:
You'll be waiting for me?

Betty Schaefer:
With a wildly beating heart.

Joe Gillis:
Life can be beautiful! [He leaves.]

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