The Celluloid Closet (1996)
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.
Rated
R
Year
1996
Country
FR
Language
English
Release date
15 March 1996
TMDB
7.3 (122)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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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
M
Mart Crowley
Self
Jay Presson Allen
Self
R
Richard Dyer
Self
Jan Oxenberg
Self
Paul Rudnick
Self
B
Barry Sandler
Self
Ron Nyswaner
Self
D
Daniel Melnick
Self
Stewart Stern
Self
Harvey Fierstein
Self
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