The Celluloid Closet by Rob Epstein
7.20
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.
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Cast
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)
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