John Landis on SUNSET BOULEVARD

Filmmaker John Landis drives down SUNSET BOULEVARD

Billy Wilder royally p.o.'d most of the Hollywood establishment with this devastatingly dark yet moving take on the tragic decline of silent movie queen Norma Desmond (an unforgettable Gloria Swanson), pushed aside by an unfeeling industry. One of the all-time greats. "I AM big! It's the PICTURES that got small!"

Find out more about SUNSET BOULEVARD at the IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043014/

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ABOUT JOHN LANDIS:

JOHN LANDIS was the director of Animal House, The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf In London, Trading Places, Coming To America, Kentucky Fried Movie, Spies Like Us, _Three Amigos!, Into The Night and Michael Jackson's Thriller among many other films and television shows.

His documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project premiered on HBO and won an Emmy for Best Music, Comedy or Variety Special and he's slated to direct Burke and Hare for Ealing Studios this spring in Edinburgh and London. He is also the subject of noted film critic Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan's latest book "John Landis".

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