Movie Description
The Celluloid Closet
(1996)Overview
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains 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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Rob Epstein,Jeffrey Friedman
- Producer : Rob Epstein,Jeffrey Friedman,Caroline Spry
- Writer : Armistead Maupin
- Editor : Jeffrey Friedman,Arnold Glassman
- Cast : Lily Tomlin,Tony Curtis,Susan Sarandon,Gore Vidal,Whoopi Goldberg,Antonio Fargas,Shirley MacLaine,John Schlesinger,Armistead Maupin,Arthur Laurents,Tom Hanks,Farley Granger,Quentin Crisp,Harry Hamlin,Sharon Stone,Susie Bright,Mart Crowley,Jay Presson Allen,Richard Dyer,Jan Oxenberg,Paul Rudnick,Barry Sandler,Ron Nyswaner,Daniel Melnick,Stewart Stern,Harvey Fierstein
Cast
Narrator (voice)
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Posters
Recommendations
Disclosure
7.823
Welcome to Chechnya
6.913
Circus of Books
6.821
Inside Deep Throat
6.452
Love, Antosha
7.418
Sly
7.215
Los Angeles Plays Itself
7.623
Cover-Up
7.01
Fuck
6.42
Tupac: Resurrection
7.94
Pray Away
6.671
Life Itself
7.508
A Toxic Love Story
6.353
Whitney: Can I Be Me
6.572
Halftime
6.766
Facts
Original TitleThe Celluloid Closet
Status Released
Release Information
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1996-03-15
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 42m
Revenue₹ 1400591
Production CompaniesZDF,ARTE,Brillstein-Grey Entertainment,HBO,Telling Pictures,Channel 4 Television
Genres
- Documentary
- History
