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The Celluloid Closet

1996 · R · 1h 42m

Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

7.3

TMDB audience score
125 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

Where to watch

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Cast

  • 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