The celluloid closet

DVD 2001

Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.

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Gay actors United States

Homosexuality in motion pictures

Lesbian actresses United States

Lesbianism in motion pictures

Russo, Vito Television adaptations

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Documentary television programs Historical television programs Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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ISBN:

9780767849005
0767849000

Edition:

Special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical
fullscreen
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A

Notes:

DVD release of film originally produced in 1995
Based on the book by Vito Russo
Notes on the documentary inserted in container
Director of photography, Nancy Schreiber ; editors, Jeffrey Friedman, Arnold Glassman ; music, Carter Burwell ; narration writer, Armistead Maupin
Narrator, Lily Tomlin ; commentary, Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley MacLaine, Gore Vidal
DVD ; NTSC format, region 1 ; Dolby Digital
Closed-captioned in English

Contents:

Gay images
From the very beginning
Enter the sissy
Morocco
Queen Christina
Cold-hearted villains
The Maltese falcon
Rope
Behind bars
Young man with a horn
Tea and sympathy
Rebel without a cause
Ben-Hur
Blurring the lines
Gentlemen prefer blondes
Tony Curtis
Victim
The children's hour
Advise and consent
Unhappy gay people
The boys in the band
Cabaret
Cruising
Making love
Sunday, bloody Sunday
Women who love each other
Philadelphia
Special features: Commentary with filmmakers Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Lily Tomlin, producer Howard Rosenman, editor Arnold Glassman, author Vito Russo ; bonus trailers ; collection of outtakes ; talent files ; interactive menus ; production notes including letters from Gore Vidal and Charlton Heston ; scene selections

Control Number:

1897809

UPC:

043396821071

Other Authors:

Brillstein, Bernie, 1931-2008, producer
Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, production company
Burwell, Carter, composer
Channel Four (Great Britain), production company
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm), publisher
Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010, commentator
Epstein, Robert P., 1955- director, screenwriter, producer
Fierstein, Harvey, 1952- commentator
Friedman, Jeff (Jeffrey), director, screenwriter, producer
Friedman, Jeffrey, 1951- director, editor of moving image work
Glassman, Arnold, editor of moving image work
Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- commentator
Grey, Brad, 1957-2017, producer
Hanks, Tom, commentator
Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017, presenter
Home Box Office (Firm), presenter
Hormel, James C. (James Catherwood), 1933-2021, presenter
MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- commentator
Maupin, Armistead, writer
Nevins, Sheila, producer
Rosenman, Howard, producer
Russo, Vito. Celluloid closet
Sarandon, Susan, 1946- commentator
Schreiber, Nancy, director of photography
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), production company
Telling Pictures, production company
Tisch, Steve, presenter
Tomlin, Lily, narrator
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012, commentator
Wood, Sharon, 1952- screenwriter
ZDF/Arte (Firm), production company
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, production company

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