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The Celluloid Closet(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-03-15
71%
109 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
France,
Germany,
United Kingdom,
United States of America
Revenue: $1,400,591.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Movie: The Celluloid Closet
Top 10 Billed Cast
Lily Tomlin
Narrator (voice)
Tony Curtis
Self
Susan Sarandon
Self
Gore Vidal
Self
Whoopi Goldberg
Self
Antonio Fargas
Self
Shirley MacLaine
Self
John Schlesinger
Self
Armistead Maupin
Self
Arthur Laurents
Self
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