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The Celluloid Closet (1996)

15 March 1996 · 1h 42mDocumentaryHistory

★ 7.3 / 10 · 122 votes on TMDB

Directed by Rob Epstein

What it's about

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.

Cast

  • Lily Tomlin

    Lily Tomlin

    Narrator (voice)

  • Tony Curtis

    Tony Curtis

    Self

  • Susan Sarandon

    Susan Sarandon

    Self

  • Gore Vidal

    Gore Vidal

    Self

  • Whoopi Goldberg

    Whoopi Goldberg

    Self

  • Antonio Fargas

    Antonio Fargas

    Self

  • Shirley MacLaine

    Shirley MacLaine

    Self

  • John Schlesinger

    John Schlesinger

    Self

  • Armistead Maupin

    Armistead Maupin

    Self

  • Arthur Laurents

    Arthur Laurents

    Self

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