The Celluloid Closet (1996)

Movie · Documentary, History · 1h 42m · Rated 7.3/10 on TMDB · Released March 15, 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.

Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Cast

• Lily Tomlin as Narrator (voice)
• Tony Curtis as Self
• Susan Sarandon as Self
• Gore Vidal as Self
• Whoopi Goldberg as Self
• Antonio Fargas as Self
• Shirley MacLaine as Self
• John Schlesinger as Self
• Armistead Maupin as Self
• Arthur Laurents as Self
• Tom Hanks as Self
• Farley Granger as Self

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