The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet
1996DocumentaryHistory102 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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... read more

  • Rob Epstein

    Director

  • Jeffrey Friedman

    Director

  • Vito Russo

    Author

  • Sharon Wood

    Story

  • Rob Epstein

    Story

  • Jeffrey Friedman

    Story

  • Armistead Maupin

    Writer

  • Nancy Schreiber

    Director of Photography

  • Jeffrey Friedman

    Editor

  • Arnold Glassman

    Editor

  • Lily Tomlin

    Narrator (voice)

  • Tony Curtis

    Self

  • Susan Sarandon

    Self

  • Gore Vidal

    Self

  • Whoopi Goldberg

    Self

  • Antonio Fargas

    Self

  • Shirley MacLaine

    Self

  • John Schlesinger

    Self

  • Armistead Maupin

    Self

  • Arthur Laurents

    Self

  • Tom Hanks

    Self

  • Farley Granger

    Self

  • Quentin Crisp

    Self

  • Harry Hamlin

    Self

  • Sharon Stone

    Self

  • Susie Bright

    Self

  • Mart Crowley

    Self

  • Jay Presson Allen

    Self

  • Richard Dyer

    Self

  • Jan Oxenberg

    Self

  • Paul Rudnick

    Self

  • Barry Sandler

    Self

  • Ron Nyswaner

    Self

  • Daniel Melnick

    Self

  • Stewart Stern

    Self

  • Harvey Fierstein

    Self

  • Paul Newman

    Self (archive footage)

  • James Dean

    Self (archive footage)

  • Sal Mineo

    Self (archive footage)

  • Natalie Wood

    Self (archive footage)

    • Runtime

    102 minutes

    Released

    1996-01-30

    Languages

    Deutsch

    English

    Countries

    France

    Germany

    United Kingdom

    United States of America

    Studios

    ZDF

    ARTE

    Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

    HBO

    Telling Pictures

    Sony Pictures Classics

    Film4 Productions

    Sound

  • Carter Burwell

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    40 days ago

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