The Celluloid Closet
7.2
102 minutes
1/30/1996
Overview
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. 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.
Cast List
Lily Tomlin
as Narrator (voice)
Tony Curtis
as Self
Susan Sarandon
as Self
Gore Vidal
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
Antonio Fargas
as Self
Shirley MacLaine
as Self
John Schlesinger
as Self
Armistead Maupin
as Self
Arthur Laurents
as Self
Tom Hanks
as Self
Farley Granger
as Self
Quentin Crisp
as Self
Harry Hamlin
as Self
Sharon Stone
as Self
Susie Bright
as Self
Mart Crowley
as Self
Jay Presson Allen
as Self
Richard Dyer
as Self
Jan Oxenberg
as Self
Paul Rudnick
as Self
Barry Sandler
as Self
Ron Nyswaner
as Self
Daniel Melnick
as Self
Stewart Stern
as Self
Harvey Fierstein
as Self
Paul Newman
as Self (archive footage)
James Dean
as Self (archive footage)
Sal Mineo
as Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood
as Self (archive footage)