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The Celluloid Closet

30 Jan 1996
  • France
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
102 mins
7.186
105 votes
  • Documentary
  • History
articleOverview personCast
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.
  • 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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