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.
Genre: Documentary, History
Stars: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Gore Vidal, Whoopi Goldberg, Antonio Fargas
Crew: Rob Epstein (Director), Jeffrey Friedman (Director), Vito Russo (Author), Carter Burwell (Original Music Composer), Nancy Schreiber (Director of Photography), Jeffrey Friedman (Editor)
Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: Deutsch, English
Studio: ZDF, ARTE, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, HBO, Telling Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Film4 Productions
Runtime: 102 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 30, 1996
IMDb: 3.9
