| Sunset | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Sunsetsmall.JPG) Theatrical release poster by Drew Struzan | |
| Directed by | Blake Edwards |
| Screenplay by | Blake Edwards |
| Based on | Sunset (unpublished manuscript) by Rod Amateau[1] |
| Produced by | Tony Adams |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
| Edited by | Robert Pergament |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
Production company | ML Delphi Premier Productions |
| Distributed by | Tri-Star Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16 million (estimated)[2] |
| Box office | $4.6 million[3] |
Sunset is a 1988 American crime mystery western film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bruce Willis as Western actor Tom Mix, who teams up with lawman Wyatt Earp, portrayed for the second time in a theatrical film by James Garner. Based on an unpublished novel by Rod Amateau, the plot has Earp and Mix solve a murder in Hollywood in 1929.[4]
Although Sunset had some comedic elements, it veered much more to the period mystery genre of old Hollywood. Reviewers, such as Roger Ebert, struggled trying to define the film. Ebert noted: "The strangest thing about Sunset is that it's not a comedy, not exactly. It has some laughs, but it's a sort of low-key, elegiac mood film ..."[5]
While Willis received top billing in Sunset, Garner actually has much more screen time in the film. This was the second film in which Garner played Wyatt Earp, the first being John Sturges's Hour of the Gun, released in 1967. This was director Edwards' second collaboration with Willis, whom he directed in Blind Date (1987).
- ^ McLellan, Dennis (July 2, 2003). "Rod Amateau, 79; writer, director, producer of sitcoms, feature films". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
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- ^ Thomas, Bob (April 27, 1988). "'Sunset' offers peek at 1920s, 'give or take one or two lies'". Desert Sun. p. B15. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (April 29, 1988). "Review: 'Sunset'". rogerebert.com. Retrieved March 25, 2016.