The Celluloid Closet
Released
March 15, 1996
Runtime: 1h 42m
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.
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Cast & Crew
Lily Tomlin
Narrator (voice)
Tony Curtis
Self
Susan Sarandon
Self
Gore Vidal
Self
Whoopi Goldberg
Self
Antonio Fargas
Self
Shirley MacLaine
Self
John Schlesinger
Self
Armistead Maupin
Self
Arthur Laurents
Self
Tom Hanks
Self
Farley Granger
Self
Quentin Crisp
Self
Harry Hamlin
Self
Sharon Stone
Self
Susie Bright
Self
- MC
Mart Crowley
Self
Jay Presson Allen
Self
Rob Epstein
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Director
Rob Epstein
Story
Jeffrey Friedman
Story
- SW
Sharon Wood
Story
Armistead Maupin
Writer
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