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The Celluloid Closet

  • Movie
  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 42m

Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

7.3

TMDB audience rating
7.3 out of 10 from 125 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Lily Tomlin

    Lily TomlinNarrator (voice)

  • Tony Curtis

    Tony CurtisSelf

  • Susan Sarandon

    Susan SarandonSelf

  • Gore Vidal

    Gore VidalSelf

  • Whoopi Goldberg

    Whoopi GoldbergSelf

  • Antonio Fargas

    Antonio FargasSelf

  • Shirley MacLaine

    Shirley MacLaineSelf

  • John Schlesinger

    John SchlesingerSelf

  • Armistead Maupin

    Armistead MaupinSelf

  • Arthur Laurents

    Arthur LaurentsSelf

  • Tom Hanks

    Tom HanksSelf

  • Farley Granger

    Farley GrangerSelf

  • Quentin Crisp

    Quentin CrispSelf

  • Harry Hamlin

    Harry HamlinSelf

  • Sharon Stone

    Sharon StoneSelf

  • Susie Bright

    Susie BrightSelf

  • Mart CrowleySelf

  • Jay Presson Allen

    Jay Presson AllenSelf

Director
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Writer
Sharon Wood, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Music
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
Nancy Schreiber