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The Celluloid Closet( 1996)

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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.

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      Lily Tomlin

      Narrator (voice)

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      Tony Curtis

      Self

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      Susan Sarandon

      Self

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      Gore Vidal

      Self

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      Whoopi Goldberg

      Self

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      Antonio Fargas

      Self

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      Shirley MacLaine

      Self

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      John Schlesinger

      Self

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      Armistead Maupin

      Self

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      Arthur Laurents

      Self

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      Tom Hanks

      Self

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      Farley Granger

      Self

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      Quentin Crisp

      Self

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      Harry Hamlin

      Self

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      Sharon Stone

      Self

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      Susie Bright

      Self

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      Mart Crowley

      Self

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      Jay Presson Allen

      Self

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      Richard Dyer

      Self

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      Jan Oxenberg

      Self

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      Paul Rudnick

      Self

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      Barry Sandler

      Self

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      Ron Nyswaner

      Self

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      Daniel Melnick

      Self

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      Stewart Stern

      Self

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      Harvey Fierstein

      Self

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      Paul Newman

      Self (archive footage)

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      James Dean

      Self (archive footage)

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      Sal Mineo

      Self (archive footage)

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      Natalie Wood

      Self (archive footage)

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    Facts

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • media
    • hollywood
    • lgbt