The Celluloid Closet
7.2(117) 1996-03-15 102 minDocumentaryHistory
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.
DirectorRob Epstein
DirectorJeffrey Friedman
Original Music ComposerCarter Burwell
ProducerRob Epstein
ProducerJeffrey Friedman
ProducerCaroline Spry
WriterArmistead Maupin
Cast & characters
Lily Tomlin
as Narrator (voice)
Tony Curtis
as Self
Susan Sarandon
as Self
Gore Vidal
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
Antonio Fargas
as Self
Shirley MacLaine
as Self
John Schlesinger
as Self
Armistead Maupin
as Self
Arthur Laurents
as Self
Tom Hanks
as Self
Farley Granger
as Self
Quentin Crisp
as Self
Harry Hamlin
as Self
Sharon Stone
as Self
Susie Bright
as Self
No photo
Mart Crowley
as Self
Jay Presson Allen
as Self
No photo
Richard Dyer
as Self
Jan Oxenberg
as Self
Paul Rudnick
as Self
No photo
Barry Sandler
as Self
Ron Nyswaner
as Self
No photo
Daniel Melnick
as Self
