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The Celluloid Closet is a 1995 English-language documentary film directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. The screenplay is based on the work of Vito Russo. The film features cast members Susan Sarandon, Lily Tomlin, Sharon Stone, and Shirley MacLaine. Carter Burwell composed the music, and Nancy Schreiber served as director of photography. Jeffrey Friedman also edited the film.
Produced in the United States, the documentary has been distributed by TriStar Pictures and Netflix. It is part of the Peabody Award collection. The film holds a review score of 97% and an average rating of 7.8 out of 10. It has a runtime of 102 minutes and is rated R. The movie addresses themes related to media, Hollywood, and LGBTQ topics.
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7.2Exuberant, 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 as Narrator (voice)
- Tony Curtis as Self
- Susan Sarandon as Self
- Gore Vidal as Self
- Whoopi Goldberg as Self
- Antonio Fargas as Self
Themes
- media
- hollywood
- lgbt
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
7,717 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. 7 wins & 9 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Peabody Awards
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jeffrey Friedman
- Screenwriter
- Vito Russo
- Cast member
- Armistead Maupin
- Composer
- Carter Burwell
- Cinematographer
- Nancy Schreiber
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 473685
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-01-01
- title
- The Celluloid Closet
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.8/10
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