WILDER NOIR WEEKEND: 1950 | NR | 110 min | Drama, Satire, Film Noir. When an obscure screenwriter (William Holden) in 1950s Hollywood can't sell his work to the studios, he decides to escape his creditors and hightail it out of town. Hollywood, however, has other plans for Joe Gillis. A flat tire puts him in front of a creepy mansion on Sunset Boulevard, and inside, he discovers former silent-movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), the monarch of all she surveys in her isolated nest.
