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Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
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Telling Pictures
Sony Pictures Classics
Film4 Productions
The Celluloid Closet
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.
Key Crew
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Producer: Caroline Spry, Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
Director of Photography: Nancy Schreiber
Story: Sharon Wood, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Writer: Armistead Maupin
Top Cast
Lily Tomlin
Narrator (voice)
Tony Curtis
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Susan Sarandon
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Gore Vidal
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Whoopi Goldberg
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Antonio Fargas
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Shirley MacLaine
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John Schlesinger
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Videos
The Celluloid Closet Trailer
