Movie
The Celluloid Closet
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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.
More about The Celluloid Closet
Cast
Lily TomlinNarrator (voice)
Tony CurtisSelf
Susan SarandonSelf
Gore VidalSelf
Whoopi GoldbergSelf
Antonio FargasSelf
Shirley MacLaineSelf
John SchlesingerSelfCredits
- Directed by
- Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
- Written by
- Armistead Maupin, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Sharon Wood
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Box office
- $1.4M
Production
ZDFGermany
ARTEFrance- Brillstein-Grey EntertainmentUnited States
HBOUnited States
Telling PicturesUnited States
Channel 4 TelevisionUnited Kingdom
