
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
Overview
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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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $1,400,591.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 7.104 |
Directed By
Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman
Crew
Rob Epstein
Vito Russo
Jeffrey Friedman
Michael Lumpkin
Wendy Braitman
Brad Grey
Bernie Brillstein
Scott Chambliss
Caroline Spry
Jeffrey Friedman
Nancy Schreiber
Rob Epstein
Michael Ehrenzweig
Caryn Mendez
Howard Rosenman
Jeffrey Friedman
Arnold Glassman
Carter Burwell
Sheila Nevins
Sharon Wood
Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman
Armistead Maupin
Lora Hirschberg
Steve Bloom
TOP CAST

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

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)