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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Cast
26 people
Lily Tomlin
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Grace and Frankie
Tony Curtis
Self
Known for
Some Like It Hot
The Defiant Ones
Susan Sarandon
Self
Known for
Thelma & Louise
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Gore Vidal
Self
Known for
Gattaca
With Honors
Whoopi Goldberg
Self
Known for
Sister Act
Ghost
Antonio Fargas
Self
Known for
Starsky & Hutch
Everybody Hates Chris
Shirley MacLaine
Self
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Apartment
John Schlesinger
Self
Also in
The Lost Language of Cranes
The Twilight of the Golds
Armistead Maupin
Self
Also in
More Tales of the City
Frasier
Arthur Laurents
Self
Tom Hanks
Self
Known for
Forrest Gump
Toy Story
Farley Granger
Self
Known for
Strangers on a Train
Rope
Rob Epstein Director · Jeffrey Friedman Director Armistead Maupin Writer
Worldwide gross $1.4M · United States release March 15, 1996 · Produced in France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,400,591
Production
ZDF
Production
ARTE
Production
Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Production
HBO
Production
Telling Pictures
Production
Channel 4 Television
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio · Production
Channel Four Films
Production
Columbia Pictures Television
Production
France · Germany · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 13, 1995
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · March 15, 1996
Limited theatrical
United States
January 30, 1996 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
January 30, 1996 · TV · HBO
France
August 28, 1996 · Theatrical
Romania
March 15, 1996 · Theatrical
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