The Celluloid Closet (1996)
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.
Cast
Lily Tomlin
Narrator (voice)
Tony Curtis
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Susan Sarandon
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Gore Vidal
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Whoopi Goldberg
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Antonio Fargas
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Shirley MacLaine
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John Schlesinger
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Armistead Maupin
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Arthur Laurents
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Tom Hanks
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Farley Granger
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Quentin Crisp
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Harry Hamlin
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Sharon Stone
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Susie Bright
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Jay Presson Allen
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Jan Oxenberg
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