The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet (1996)


  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 1996-01-30
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 98 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: ZDF
  • Production Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman.
star 7.1/10
From 98 Ratings
7.8

Summary

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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  • Lily Tomlin

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Tony Curtis

    as Self

  • Susan Sarandon

    as Self

  • Gore Vidal

    as Self

  • Whoopi Goldberg

    as Self

  • Antonio Fargas

    as Self

  • Shirley MacLaine

    as Self

  • John Schlesinger

    as Self

  • Armistead Maupin

    as Self

  • Arthur Laurents

    as Self

  • Tom Hanks

    as Self

  • Farley Granger

    as Self

  • Quentin Crisp

    as Self

  • Harry Hamlin

    as Self

  • Sharon Stone

    as Self

  • Susie Bright

    as Self

  • Mart Crowley

    as Self

  • Jay Presson Allen

    as Self

  • Richard Dyer

    as Self

  • Jan Oxenberg

    as Self

  • Paul Rudnick

    as Self

  • Barry Sandler

    as Self

  • Ron Nyswaner

    as Self

  • Daniel Melnick

    as Self

  • Stewart Stern

    as Self

  • Harvey Fierstein

    as Self

  • Paul Newman

    as Self (archive footage)

  • James Dean

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Sal Mineo

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Natalie Wood

    as Self (archive footage)
Directing Rob Epstein Director
Writing Vito Russo Author
Directing Jeffrey Friedman Director
Production Michael Lumpkin Co-Producer
Production Wendy Braitman Associate Producer
Production Brad Grey Executive Producer
Production Bernie Brillstein Executive Producer
Art Scott Chambliss Production Design
Production Caroline Spry Producer
Production Jeffrey Friedman Producer
Camera Nancy Schreiber Director of Photography
Production Rob Epstein Producer
Production Michael Ehrenzweig Associate Producer
Production Caryn Mendez Associate Producer
Production Howard Rosenman Executive Producer
Editing Jeffrey Friedman Editor
Editing Arnold Glassman Editor
Sound Carter Burwell Original Music Composer
Production Sheila Nevins Executive Producer
Writing Sharon Wood Story
Writing Rob Epstein Story
Writing Jeffrey Friedman Story
Writing Armistead Maupin Writer
Sound Lora Hirschberg Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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