The Celluloid Closet

7.2 / 10

(110 votes)

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.

Country:

France,

Germany,

United Kingdom,

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary,

History

Duration:

102 minutes

Year:

1996

Director:

Rob Epstein

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Company:

ZDF,

ARTE,

Brillstein-Grey Entertainment,

HBO,

Telling Pictures,

Channel 4 Television

Cast:
Lily Tomlin

Narrator (voice)

Tony Curtis

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Susan Sarandon

Self

Gore Vidal

Self

Whoopi Goldberg

Self

Crew:
Rob Epstein

Director

Jeffrey Friedman

Director

Vito Russo

Author

Carter Burwell

Original Music Composer

Nancy Schreiber

Director of Photography