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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
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.
- (7.6K)
- Documentary, History
- Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
- 1996-03-15
Apr 26, 1996 · “The Celluloid Closet” was directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, who won Oscars for their two previous gay-themed docs, “The Life of Harvey Milk” and “Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt”; their track record encourages their interview subjects to open up.
97% Tomatometer 34 Reviews. 89% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings. This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders have occupied in cinema history ...
- (34)
- Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
- R
- Antonio Banderas
Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of gay men and women on the silver screen. 627 IMDb 7.8 1 h 41 min 1996. X-Ray HDR UHD R. Documentary · Historical · Cerebral · Sophisticated. Available to rent or buy.
- 101 min
The Celluloid Closet. 1996 · 1 hr 42 min. R. Documentary · LGBT. Featuring interviews with Hollywood luminaries, this film examines depictions of LGBTQ characters on the silver screen from the silent era onward. Subtitles: English. Starring: Lily Tomlin Tom Hanks Whoopi Goldberg Susan Sarandon Harvey Fierstein Tony Curtis Shirley MacLaine.
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THE CELLULOID CLOSET. 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.
