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The Celluloid Closet

01/30/1996

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1hr 42min

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Documentary

,History

STORY

What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein ("The Times of Harvey Milk" and "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt") and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Lily Tomlin
  • Tony Curtis
  • Susan Sarandon
  • Gore Vidal
  • Whoopi Goldberg

    Directors

  • Rob Epstein
  • Jeffrey Friedman

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • ZDF
  • ARTE
  • Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
  • HBO
  • Telling Pictures
  • Channel 4 Television

    Production Countries

  • France
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • German
  • English

Cast

Lily Tomlin

Narrator (voice)

Tony Curtis

Self

Susan Sarandon

Self

Whoopi Goldberg

Self

Antonio Fargas

Self

Shirley MacLaine

Self

Armistead Maupin

Self

Tom Hanks

Self

Farley Granger

Self

Quentin Crisp

Self

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