[00:01.150]NORMA
[00:01.985]Joe! Joe!
[01:15.657]JOE
[01:16.695]Come on in.
[01:17.855]BETTY
[01:18.238]What's going on, Joe?
[01:20.541]Why am I so scared?
[01:24.001]What was that woman saying?
[01:28.900]She sounded so weird
[01:33.161]I don't understand...
[01:35.877]Please, can you tell me what's happening?
[01:40.602]You said you loved me tonight
[01:44.956]Shall I just go?
[01:47.719]Say something, Joe
[01:49.379]JOE
[01:49.576]Have some pink champage and caviar
[01:51.480]When you go visit with a star
[01:53.163]The hospitality is stellar
[01:55.277]BETTY
[01:55.463]So this is where you're living?
[01:56.914]JOE
[01:57.157]Yes, it's quite a place, sleeps seventeen
[01:59.177]Eight sunken tubs, a movie screen
[02:00.954]A bowling alley in the cellar
[02:02.962]BETTY
[02:03.136]I didn't come to see a house, Joe
[02:04.553]JOE
[02:04.797]Sunset Boulevard
[02:06.898]Cruise the Boulevard
[02:08.976]Win yourself a Hollywood palazzo
[02:12.459]Sunset Boulevard
[02:14.861]Mythic Boulevard
[02:16.975]Valentino danced on that terrazzo
[02:20.040]BETTY
[02:20.260]Who's it belong to?
[02:20.817]JOE
[02:20.934]Just look around you
[02:21.735]BETTY
[02:21.897]That's Norma Desmond.
[02:22.838]JOE
[02:23.975]That's Norma Desmond
[02:24.974]That's Norma Desmond
[02:26.053]That's Norma Desmond
[02:27.133]That's Norma Desmond
[02:27.842]BETTY
[02:28.061]Why did she call me?
[02:28.920]JOE
[02:29.072]Give you three guesses
[02:30.418]It's the oldest story in the book
[02:32.497]Come see the taker being took
[02:34.679]The world is full of Joes and Normas
[02:38.034]Older woman, very well-to-do
[02:40.739]Meets younger man, the standard cue
[02:42.875]For two mechanical performers
[02:45.338]BETTY
[02:45.476]Just pack your things and let's go.
[02:46.393]JOE
[02:46.556]You mean all my things?
[02:48.111]Have you gone mad?
[02:49.295]Leave all these things I've never had?
[02:51.014]Leave this luxurious existence?
[02:54.438]You want me to face that one-room hell
[02:56.760]That murphy bed, that rancid smell
[02:59.095]Go back to living on subsistence?
[03:01.810]It's no time to begin a new life
[03:04.074]Now I've finally made a perfect landing
[03:07.812]I'm afraid there's no room for a wife
[03:10.377]Not unless she's uniquely understanding
[03:13.489]you should go back to Artie and marry the fool
[03:16.194]And you'll always be welcome to swim in my pool
[03:20.679]BETTY
[03:21.480]I can't look at you any more, Joe.
[04:20.760]NORMA
[04:22.455]Thank you,
[04:27.412]Thank you, Joe,
[04:31.111]Thank you...
[04:45.602]Thank you.
[05:03.705]What are you doing, Joe?
[05:09.428]You're not leaving me?
[05:15.744]JOE
[05:15.941]Yes, I am, Norma.
[05:17.300]NORMA
[05:17.508]You can't! Max!
[05:21.258]JOE
[05:21.444]It's been a bundle of laughs
[05:24.161]And thanks for the use of the trinkets
[05:27.679]A little ritzy for the copy desk back in Dayton
[05:34.319]And there's something you ought to know
[05:38.279]I want to do you this favour
[05:42.863]They'll never shoot that hopeless script of yours
[05:47.565]They only wanted your car
[05:51.919]NORMA
[05:52.105]That's a lie! They still want me!
[05:55.181]What about all my fan-mail?
[05:56.957]JOE
[05:57.259]It's Max who writes you letters
[06:01.798]Your audience has vanished
[06:05.258]They left when you weren't looking
[06:08.567]Nothing's wrong with being fifty
[06:12.583]Unless you're acting twenty
[06:20.679]NORMA
[06:22.165]I am the greatest star of them all.
[06:39.850]JOE
[06:40.944]Goodbye, Norma.
[06:42.964]NORMA
[06:43.662]No one ever leaves a star
[07:18.691]REPORTER
[07:19.794]And as dawn breaks over the murder house, Norma Desmond, famed star of yesteryear,
[07:26.911]is in a state of complete mental shock.
[07:31.210]NORMA
[07:32.288]This was dawn...
[07:37.339]I don't know why I'm frightened...
[07:41.182]Silent music starts to play!
[07:46.639]Happy New Year, Darling...
[07:50.387]If you're with me, next year will be,
[07:55.646]Next year will be...
[07:57.945]They bring in his head on a silver tray!
[08:03.077]She kisses his mouth!
[08:05.734]She kisses his mouth!
[08:10.521]...Mad about the boy...
[08:16.372]They'll say Norma's back at last!
[08:21.840]MAX
[08:22.177]Madame, the cameras have arrived.
[08:26.720]NORMA
[08:27.625]Max! Where am I?
[08:32.736]MAX
[08:34.881]This is the staircase of the palace. And they're waiting for your dance.
[08:46.888]NORMA
[08:48.433]Of course. Now I remember. I was so frightened I might fall...
[09:02.572]MAX
[09:02.828]You are the greatest star of all!
[09:13.833]Lights! Cameras! Action!
[09:23.330]NORMA
[09:25.327]When he scorned me I
[09:30.424]Knew he'd have to die
[09:34.963]Let me kiss his severed head
[09:44.970]Compromise or death
[09:48.825]He fought to his last death
[09:53.202]He never had in him to surrender
[10:03.766]Just like me, he never could
[10:10.074]Surrender
[10:50.684]NORMA
[10:51.508]I can't go on with the scene! I'm too happy!
[11:02.479]May I say a few words, Mister DeMille?
[11:07.006]I can't tell you how wonderful it is to back in this studio making a picture.
[11:16.944]I promise you - I will never desert you again. This is my life.
[11:22.982]It always will be. There's nothing else. Just us. And the cameras.
[11:31.317]And all you wonderful people, out there in the dark.
[11:42.195]And now, Mister DeMille, I am ready for my close-up
[12:08.596]NORMA
[12:10.314]This time I'm staying
[12:12.509]I'm staying for good
[12:14.227]I'll be back where I was born to be
[12:20.635]With one look I'll be me

NORMA
Joe! Joe!
JOE
Come on in.
BETTY
What's going on, Joe?
Why am I so scared?
What was that woman saying?
She sounded so weird
I don't understand...
Please, can you tell me what's happening?
You said you loved me tonight
Shall I just go?
Say something, Joe
JOE
Have some pink champage and caviar
When you go visit with a star
The hospitality is stellar
BETTY
So this is where you're living?
JOE
Yes, it's quite a place, sleeps seventeen
Eight sunken tubs, a movie screen
A bowling alley in the cellar
BETTY
I didn't come to see a house, Joe
JOE
Sunset Boulevard
Cruise the Boulevard
Win yourself a Hollywood palazzo
Sunset Boulevard
Mythic Boulevard
Valentino danced on that terrazzo
BETTY
Who's it belong to?
JOE
Just look around you
BETTY
That's Norma Desmond.
JOE
That's Norma Desmond
That's Norma Desmond
That's Norma Desmond
That's Norma Desmond
BETTY
Why did she call me?
JOE
Give you three guesses
It's the oldest story in the book
Come see the taker being took
The world is full of Joes and Normas
Older woman, very well-to-do
Meets younger man, the standard cue
For two mechanical performers
BETTY
Just pack your things and let's go.
JOE
You mean all my things?
Have you gone mad?
Leave all these things I've never had?
Leave this luxurious existence?
You want me to face that one-room hell
That murphy bed, that rancid smell
Go back to living on subsistence?
It's no time to begin a new life
Now I've finally made a perfect landing
I'm afraid there's no room for a wife
Not unless she's uniquely understanding
you should go back to Artie and marry the fool
And you'll always be welcome to swim in my pool
BETTY
I can't look at you any more, Joe.
NORMA
Thank you,
Thank you, Joe,
Thank you...
Thank you.
What are you doing, Joe?
You're not leaving me?
JOE
Yes, I am, Norma.
NORMA
You can't! Max!
JOE
It's been a bundle of laughs
And thanks for the use of the trinkets
A little ritzy for the copy desk back in Dayton
And there's something you ought to know
I want to do you this favour
They'll never shoot that hopeless script of yours
They only wanted your car
NORMA
That's a lie! They still want me!
What about all my fan-mail?
JOE
It's Max who writes you letters
Your audience has vanished
They left when you weren't looking
Nothing's wrong with being fifty
Unless you're acting twenty
NORMA
I am the greatest star of them all.
JOE
Goodbye, Norma.
NORMA
No one ever leaves a star
REPORTER
And as dawn breaks over the murder house, Norma Desmond, famed star of yesteryear,
is in a state of complete mental shock.
NORMA
This was dawn...
I don't know why I'm frightened...
Silent music starts to play!
Happy New Year, Darling...
If you're with me, next year will be,
Next year will be...
They bring in his head on a silver tray!
She kisses his mouth!
She kisses his mouth!
...Mad about the boy...
They'll say Norma's back at last!
MAX
Madame, the cameras have arrived.
NORMA
Max! Where am I?
MAX
This is the staircase of the palace. And they're waiting for your dance.
NORMA
Of course. Now I remember. I was so frightened I might fall...
MAX
You are the greatest star of all!
Lights! Cameras! Action!
NORMA
When he scorned me I
Knew he'd have to die
Let me kiss his severed head
Compromise or death
He fought to his last death
He never had in him to surrender
Just like me, he never could
Surrender
NORMA
I can't go on with the scene! I'm too happy!
May I say a few words, Mister DeMille?
I can't tell you how wonderful it is to back in this studio making a picture.
I promise you - I will never desert you again. This is my life.
It always will be. There's nothing else. Just us. And the cameras.
And all you wonderful people, out there in the dark.
And now, Mister DeMille, I am ready for my close-up
NORMA
This time I'm staying
I'm staying for good
I'll be back where I was born to be
With one look I'll be me