

The Celluloid Closet
1996 · Movie · 1h 42m · R
DocumentaryHistory
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Key crew
- Rob EpsteinDirector
- Jeffrey FriedmanDirector
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Armistead MaupinWriter
Cast
- Lily TomlinNarrator (voice)
- Tony CurtisSelf
- Susan SarandonSelf
- Gore VidalSelf
- Whoopi GoldbergSelf
- Antonio FargasSelf
- Shirley MacLaineSelf
- John SchlesingerSelf
- Armistead MaupinSelf
- Arthur LaurentsSelf
- Tom HanksSelf
- Farley GrangerSelf
Stills
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Themes
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