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The Celluloid Closet is a 1996 American documentary film directed and co-written by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and executive produced by Howard Rosenman. The film is based on Vito Russo's 1981 book The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies, and on lecture and film
Mar 15, 1996 · The Celluloid Closet: Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman. With Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susie Bright, Arthur Laurents. A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
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- Documentary, History
- Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
- 1996-03-15
131. 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...
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders have occupied in cinema history, and shows...
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- Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
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- Antonio Banderas
Apr 26, 1996 · The Celluloid Closet. Roger Ebert April 26, 1996. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Portrayals of homosexuality were frowned upon until the 1960s, by the movie industry's production code and such groups as the Legion of Decency.
Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of gay men and women on the silver screen. 627 IMDb 7.8 1 h 41 min 1996. X-Ray HDR UHD R. Documentary · Historical · Cerebral · Sophisticated. Available to rent or buy.
Mar 21, 2017 · The acclaimed documentary based on Vito Russo's groundbreaking book, The Celluloid Closet explores the hidden subtext of more than 100 Hollywood movies - from...
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