The Celluloid Closet (1996)
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Lily Tomlin
Narrator (voice)
Tony Curtis
Self
Susan Sarandon
Self
Gore Vidal
Self
Whoopi Goldberg
Self
Antonio Fargas
Self
Shirley MacLaine
Self
John Schlesinger
Self
Armistead Maupin
Self / Writer
Arthur Laurents
Self
Tom Hanks
Self
Farley Granger
Self
Quentin Crisp
Self
Harry Hamlin
Self
Sharon Stone
Self
Susie Bright
Self
Mart Crowley
Self
Jay Presson Allen
Self
Richard Dyer
Self
Jan Oxenberg
Self
Paul Rudnick
Self
Barry Sandler
Self
Ron Nyswaner
Self
Daniel Melnick
Self
Stewart Stern
Self
Harvey Fierstein
Self
Paul Newman
Self (archive footage)
James Dean
Self (archive footage)
Sal Mineo
Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood
Self (archive footage)
Vito Russo
Author
Rob Epstein
Director / Producer / Story
Jeffrey Friedman
Director / Editor / Producer / Story
Arnold Glassman
Editor
Caroline Spry
Producer
Wendy Braitman
Associate Producer
Brad Grey
Executive Producer
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer
Scott Chambliss
Production Design
Michael Ehrenzweig
Associate Producer
Michael Lumpkin
Co-Producer
Howard Rosenman
Executive Producer
Bernie Brillstein
Executive Producer
Caryn Mendez
Associate Producer
Nancy Schreiber
Director of Photography
Sharon Wood
Story
Lora Hirschberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 30, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
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This Movie Is About.
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hollywood
lgbt
Wiki.
The Celluloid Closet is a 1996 American documentary film directed and co-written by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and executive produced by Howard Rosenman. The film is based on Vito Russo's 1981 book The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies, and on lecture and film clip presentations he gave from 1972 to 1982. Russo had researched the history of how motion pictures, especially Hollywood films, had portrayed gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender characters.
The Celluloid Closet was given a limited release in select theatres, including the Castro Theatre in San Francisco in April 1996, and then shown on cable channel HBO as part of its series America Undercover.
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