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The Celluloid Closet

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.

RATING

7.2

DIRECTORS

Rob Epstein

Jeffrey Friedman

COUNTRIES

France

Germany

United Kingdom

United States of America

RELEASE DATE

1996

TIME

1h 42m

GENRES

Documentary

History

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Lily Tomlin

Narrator (voice)

Tony Curtis

Self

Susan Sarandon

Self

Gore Vidal

Self

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Self

Antonio Fargas

Self

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Self

John Schlesinger

John Schlesinger

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Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin

Self

Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents

Self

Tom Hanks

Self

Farley Granger

Self

Quentin Crisp

Self

Harry Hamlin

Self

Sharon Stone

Self

Susie Bright

Self

Mart Crowley

Self

Jay Presson Allen

Jay Presson Allen

Self

Richard Dyer

Self

Jan Oxenberg

Self

Paul Rudnick

Self

Barry Sandler

Self

Ron Nyswaner

Self

Daniel Melnick

Self

Stewart Stern

Self

Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Self

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