
The Celluloid Closet
1996•102 min•
★7.1
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Cast & Crew

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

DirectorRob Epstein
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