The Celluloid Closet

Name: The Celluloid Closet
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1996-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.264

About 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.

Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein directed The Celluloid Closet, a 1996 documentary history film. The film is filed under hollywood, media, media criticism, and media analysis.

Lily Tomlin stars as Narrator (voice), Tony Curtis as Self, Susan Sarandon as Self, and Gore Vidal as Self. It runs 102 minutes and was released in March 1996.

The screenplay is by Armistead Maupin.

The Watermelon Woman, Brüno, and Tangerine make useful companions to The Celluloid Closet, all filed under film criticism and LGBT. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 125 votes and it carries a R rating.