The Celluloid Closet
19961h 42mDocumentary · History
Released
March 15, 1996
TMDB Score
73% match · 123 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
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.
DirectorsRob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
- Released
- March 15, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Box office
- $1.4M
- Studios
- ZDF, ARTE, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Top Billed 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
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Arthur Laurents
Self
Tom Hanks
Self
Farley Granger
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Quentin Crisp
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Harry Hamlin
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Sharon Stone
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Susie Bright
Self
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