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, 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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The Celluloid Closet (1996)

DVD

Documentary · 1h 41m · 5/29/2001

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Description

Release Country

United States

Barcode

043396821071

Release Date

5/29/2001

Media Type

Documentary

Audio

		English
		Commentary
		Commentary

Digital Copy

Not Included

Studio

Home Box Office/Telling Pictures Production/Channel 4/Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Subtitles

English

Video Format

NTSC

Aspect Ratio

1.33:1

Cover Type

Jewel Case

Discs

Cast

Tom Hanks

Himself

Antonio Banderas

Miguel Álvarez (archive footage) (uncredited)

Susan Sarandon

Herself

Charles Chaplin

David, Goliath's assistant (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lily Tomlin

Narrator

Tony Curtis

Himself

Susie Bright

Herself

Arthur Laurents

Himself

Armistead Maupin

Himself

Whoopi Goldberg

Herself

Jan Oxenberg

Herself

Harvey Fierstein

Himself

Quentin Crisp

Himself

Richard Dyer

Himself

Jay Presson Allen

Herself

Mrs. Gustav Ketterer

Herself

Gore Vidal

Himself

Will H. Hays

Himself (archive footage)

Farley Granger

Himself

Paul Rudnick

Himself

Shirley Maclaine

Herself

Barry Sandler

Himself

Mart Crowley

Himself

Antonio Fargas

Himself

Ron Nyswaner

Himself

Daniel Melnick

Himself

Harry Hamlin

Himself

John Schlesinger

Himself

Demetrius Alexis

Effeminate young man with mustache (archive footage) (uncredited)

Judith Anderson

Mrs. Danvers (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Arlen

David Armstrong (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Breen

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Steve Buscemi

Nick (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eric Campbell

Goliath, a stage hand (archive footage) (uncredited)

Margery Chapin

Watches as David Armstrong dies (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marguerite Churchill

Janet Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gary Cooper

Applauds Marlene Dietrich (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tyrell Davis

Ernest in Our Betters (1933) (uncredited)

Sandy Dennis

Jill Banford in "The Fox" (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marlene Dietrich

Nightclub performer in tuxedo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Divine

Himself in Hairspray (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joan Fontaine

Second Mrs. De Winter (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gloria Holden

Countess Marya Zaleska (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edward Everett Horton

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Al Jolson

Exclaims "Boys will be boys!" (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Marlowe

Blond man who dances off with Alexis (archive footage) (uncredited)

Josephine McKim

Maureen O'Sullivan's body double for nude underwater scene (archive footage) (uncredited)

Liza Minnelli

Sally Bowles in "Cabaret" (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dermot Mulroney

John (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maureen O'Sullivan

Jane, thrown from a tree into a lake (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dick Powell

Standing beside Al Jolson at grandstand (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edna Purviance

Kissed by David while dressed as a boy (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Jack Powell (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stewart Stern

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sharon Stone

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Johnny Weissmuller

Tarzan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael York

Brian Roberts in "Cabaret" (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Rob Epstein

Director

Jeffrey Friedman

Director

Vito Russo

Writer

Rob Epstein

Writer

Jeffrey Friedman

Writer

Sharon Wood

Writer

Armistead Maupin

Writer

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