The Celluloid Closet
The Celluloid Closet
Release: 1996-03-15
·Runtime: 102m
·★ 7.1
Documentary
History
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.
Production Countries
France
Germany
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
ZDF
ARTE
Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
HBO
Telling Pictures
Channel 4 Television
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Jan Oxenberg
as Self
Paul Rudnick
as Self
Stewart Stern
as Self
Harvey Fierstein
as Self
Lily Tomlin
as Narrator (voice)
Armistead Maupin
as Self
Arthur Laurents
as Self
Harry Hamlin
as Self
Shirley MacLaine
as Self
John Schlesinger
as Self
Tom Hanks
as Self
Ron Nyswaner
as Self
Tony Curtis
as Self
Susan Sarandon
as Self
Gore Vidal
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
Antonio Fargas
as Self
Farley Granger
as Self
Jay Presson Allen
as Self
Quentin Crisp
as Self
Sharon Stone
as Self
Susie Bright
as Self
Crew
Brad Grey
Executive Producer
Armistead Maupin
Writer
Rob Epstein
Director, Producer, Story
Bernie Brillstein
Executive Producer
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer
Lily Tomlin
Co-Executive Producer
Scott Chambliss
Production Design, Art Direction
Howard Rosenman
Executive Producer
Lora Hirschberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vito Russo
Author
Nancy Schreiber
Director of Photography
Jeffrey Friedman
Director, Producer, Editor, Story