The Celluloid Closet
15/03/1996
2h

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


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
Richard Dyer
Self


Jan Oxenberg
Self


Paul Rudnick
Self
Barry Sandler
Self


Ron Nyswaner
Self
Daniel Melnick
Self


Stewart Stern
Self


Harvey Fierstein
Self
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