Joe Gillis (William Holden), bankrupt screenwriter, hides from car repossessors in the garage of a deserted-looking mansion which proves to be the grotesque home of Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), retired silent screen star. Joe takes refuge there, with a nominal job of rewriting Norma's hopeless 'comeback' screenplay. Weeks pass; feeling more and more like a kept man, Joe grasps at reality in the form of a clandestine friendship with script reader Betty Schaefer, but it's too late...

This movie won 3 Oscars, had another 13 wins an 13 nominations... So who can argue with that? It is a great, great movie (10 stars out of 10)

The ghostly interpretation of Hollywood past, the eerie glamour, and most importantly, the strikingly perfect insight into a screenwriters psyche and all of the torture, ego, & desperation that goes into it...this film is a masterpiece without question.

Joe Gillis is not only the best "writer character" in cinema, but makes my list of best characters in cinema entirely.

A true, old Hollywood classic.

ummmm....."I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE UP, MR. DEVILLE" ??? Sunset Boulevard is the end-all be-all of classic Hollywood movies. You gotta watch it.