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The Celluloid Closet

1996 • 1h42m Documentary, History

Rating

7.2/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Rob Epstein

Jeffrey Friedman

Screenplay

Armistead Maupin

Cast

Lily Tomlin

Tony Curtis

Susan Sarandon

Release date

3/15/1996

Status

Released

Revenue

$1,400,591

Origin country

US

Vote count

110