The Celluloid Closet

7.2 1996 102 min
R
Documentary History

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 c…

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Directors
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Writers
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Sharon Wood, Armistead Maupin
Classification
R

Cast

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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
Mart Crowley Self
Jay Presson Allen Self

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