The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet (1996)

Documentary History

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.

star 7.2
  • Release Date: 1996-01-30
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman.

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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)

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