CELLULOID CLOSET

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• Release Year: 1995
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: 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 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, Toni Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes.
• Cast: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susie Bright, Arthur Laurents, Armistead Maupin, Whoopi Goldberg, Jan Oxenberg, Harvey Fierstein, Quentin Crisp, Richard Dyer, Jay Presson Allen, Mrs. Gustav Ketterer, Gore Vidal, Will H. Hays, Farley Granger, Paul Rudnick, Shirley Maclaine, Barry Sandler, Mart Crowley, Antonio Fargas, Tom Hanks, Ron Nyswaner, Daniel Melnick, Harry Hamlin, John Schlesinger, Susan Sarandon, Demetrius Alexis, Judith Anderson, Richard Arlen, Antonio Banderas, Joseph Breen, Steve Buscemi, Eric Campbell, Margery Chapin, Charles Chaplin, Marguerite Churchill, Gary Cooper, Tyrell Davis, Sandy Dennis, Marlene Dietrich, Divine, Joan Fontaine, Gloria Holden, Edward Everett Horton, Al Jolson, John Marlowe, Josephine McKim, Liza Minnelli, Dermot Mulroney, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dick Powell, Edna Purviance, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Stewart Stern, Sharon Stone, Johnny Weissmuller, Michael York, Rob Epstein, Vito Russo
• Director: Rob Epstein
• Runtime: 1:41
• Media Format: Movie