The Celluloid Closet
Movie - 102mins
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:
Harvey
Fierstein
Paul
Newman
James
Dean
Sal
Mineo
Natalie
Wood
Lily
Tomlin
Tony
Curtis
Susan
Sarandon
Gore
Vidal
Whoopi
Goldberg
Antonio
Fargas
Shirley
MacLaine
John
Schlesinger
Armistead
Maupin
Arthur
Laurents
Tom
Hanks
Farley
Granger
Quentin
Crisp
Harry
Hamlin
Sharon
Stone
Susie
Bright
Mart
Crowley
Jay
Presson
Richard
Dyer
Jan
Oxenberg
Paul
Rudnick
Barry
Sandler
Ron
Nyswaner
Daniel
Melnick
Stewart
Stern
Harvey
Fierstein
Paul
Newman
James
Dean
Sal
Mineo
Natalie
Wood
Lily
Tomlin
Tony
Curtis
Susan
Sarandon
Gore
Vidal
Whoopi
Goldberg