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Trailer
The Celluloid Closet
7.2
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1h 42m
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1996
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Released
Overview
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.

Cast
Lily Tomlin poster
Lily Tomlin
Narrator (voice)
Tony Curtis poster
Tony Curtis
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Susan Sarandon poster
Susan Sarandon
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Gore Vidal poster
Gore Vidal
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Whoopi Goldberg poster
Whoopi Goldberg
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Antonio Fargas poster
Antonio Fargas
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Shirley MacLaine poster
Shirley MacLaine
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John Schlesinger poster
John Schlesinger
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Armistead Maupin poster
Armistead Maupin
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Arthur Laurents poster
Arthur Laurents
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Tom Hanks poster
Tom Hanks
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Farley Granger poster
Farley Granger
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Quentin Crisp poster
Quentin Crisp
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Harry Hamlin poster
Harry Hamlin
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Sharon Stone poster
Sharon Stone
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Susie Bright poster
Susie Bright
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Mart Crowley poster
Mart Crowley
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Jay Presson Allen poster
Jay Presson Allen
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Richard Dyer poster
Richard Dyer
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Jan Oxenberg poster
Jan Oxenberg
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