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    The Celluloid Closet

    R1996 · Documentary · 1h 42m

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  1. Mar 21, 2017 · The acclaimed documentary based on Vito Russo's groundbreaking book, The Celluloid Closet explores the hidden subtext of more than 100 Hollywood movies - from The Maltese Falcon to Spartacus...

    • 2 min
    • 11.4K
    • Telling Pictures
  2. Feb 8, 2010 · The Celluloid Closet Trailer. Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this acclaimed documentary takes its name from Vito Russo's groundbreaking book. The filmmakers examine the subtext of more than 100 ...

    • 2 min
    • 171.9K
    • gaymoviereviews
  3. Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar (r)-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein (The Times of Harvey Milk and Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt) and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120...

  4. Mar 15, 1996 · The Celluloid Closet: Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman. With Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susie Bright, Arthur Laurents. A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.

    • (7.5K)
    • Documentary, History
    • Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
    • 1996-03-15
  5. Apr 26, 1996 · You ever had a Swiss watch?” “The Celluloid Closet” is inspired by a 1981 book by Vito Russo, who wrote as a gay man who found he had to look in the shadows and subtexts of movies to find the homosexual characters who were surely there.

  6. This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders have occupied in cinema history, and shows the evolution of the entertainment industry's role in...

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    • Documentary, LGBTQ+
    • R
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  8. The Celluloid Closet is a 1996 American documentary film directed and co-written by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and executive produced by Howard Rosenman. The film is based on Vito Russo's 1981 book The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies, and on lecture and film

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