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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1996-01-30
- video_camera_front Companies ZDF, ARTE, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, HBO, Telling Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Film4 Productions
- timer Runtime: 102 Mins
- star Rating: 7.2 / 10
- favorite Likes: 97 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0112651
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Lily Tomlin
Narrator (voice)
Tony Curtis
Self
Susan Sarandon
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Gore Vidal
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Whoopi Goldberg
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Antonio Fargas
Self
Shirley MacLaine
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John Schlesinger
Self
Armistead Maupin
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Arthur Laurents
Self
Tom Hanks
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Farley Granger
Self
Quentin Crisp
Self
Harry Hamlin
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Sharon Stone
Self
Susie Bright
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Mart Crowley
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Jay Presson Allen
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Richard Dyer
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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)
groups Crew
Vito Russo
Author
Rob Epstein
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Director
Arnold Glassman
Editor
Caroline Spry
Producer
Wendy Braitman
Associate Producer
Brad Grey
Executive Producer
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer
Scott Chambliss
Production Design
Jeffrey Friedman
Editor
Michael Ehrenzweig
Associate Producer
Michael Lumpkin
Co-Producer
Howard Rosenman
Executive Producer
Rob Epstein
Producer
Bernie Brillstein
Executive Producer
Jeffrey Friedman
Producer
Caryn Mendez
Associate Producer
Nancy Schreiber
Director of Photography
Rob Epstein
Story
Jeffrey Friedman
Story
Sharon Wood
Story
Armistead Maupin
Writer
Lora Hirschberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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