The Celluloid Closet (1996)
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.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman.
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Lily Tomlin as Narrator (voice) |
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Tony Curtis as Self |
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Susan Sarandon as Self |
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Gore Vidal as Self |
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Whoopi Goldberg as Self |
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Antonio Fargas as Self |
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Shirley MacLaine as Self |
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John Schlesinger as Self |
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Armistead Maupin as Self |
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Arthur Laurents as Self |
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Tom Hanks as Self |
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Farley Granger as Self |
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Quentin Crisp as Self |
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Harry Hamlin as Self |
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Sharon Stone as Self |
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Susie Bright as Self |
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Mart Crowley as Self |
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Jay Presson Allen as Self |
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Richard Dyer as Self |
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Jan Oxenberg as Self |
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Paul Rudnick as Self |
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Barry Sandler as Self |
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Ron Nyswaner as Self |
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Daniel Melnick as Self |
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Stewart Stern as Self |
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Harvey Fierstein as Self |
| Directing | Rob Epstein | Director |
| Writing | Vito Russo | Author |
| Directing | Jeffrey Friedman | Director |
| Production | Michael Lumpkin | Co-Producer |
| Production | Wendy Braitman | Associate Producer |
| Production | Brad Grey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bernie Brillstein | Executive Producer |
| Art | Scott Chambliss | Production Design |
| Production | Caroline Spry | Producer |
| Production | Jeffrey Friedman | Producer |
| Camera | Nancy Schreiber | Director of Photography |
| Production | Rob Epstein | Producer |
| Production | Michael Ehrenzweig | Associate Producer |
| Production | Caryn Mendez | Associate Producer |
| Production | Howard Rosenman | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Jeffrey Friedman | Editor |
| Editing | Arnold Glassman | Editor |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Sharon Wood | Story |
| Writing | Rob Epstein | Story |
| Writing | Jeffrey Friedman | Story |
| Writing | Armistead Maupin | Writer |
| Sound | Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Steve Bloom | Post Production Supervisor |
| Art | Scott Chambliss | Art Direction |
| Production | Lily Tomlin | Co-Executive Producer |
| Editing | Jeffrey Schwarz | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Jan Oxenberg | Creative Consultant |