The Celluloid Closet

102 mins
What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein ("The Times of Harvey Milk" and "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt") and Jeffrey Friedman assemble 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. Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes.

Rob Epstein

Director

Carter Burwell

Original Music Composer

Nancy Schreiber

Director of Photography

Wendy Braitman

Associate Producer

Bernie Brillstein

Executive Producer

Michael Ehrenzweig

Associate Producer

Rob Epstein

Producer

Brad Grey

Executive Producer

Michael Lumpkin

Co-Producer

Caryn Mendez

Associate Producer

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer

Howard Rosenman

Executive Producer

Scott Chambliss

Production Design

Lora Hirschberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Steve Bloom

Post Production Supervisor

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