The Celluloid Closet Director: Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Cast: Antonio Banderas, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein, Whoopi Goldberg
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- DVD Release Date: 05/29/2001
- Original Release: 1995
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- Sales Rank: 11,983
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Features
Commentary with filmmakers Robert Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Lily Tomlin, producer Howard Rosenman, and editor Arnold Glassman; additional commentary with Author Vito Russo; outtakes; production notes, including letters from Gore Vidal and Charlton Heston; talent files; bonus trailers; direct link to Glaad Website
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Start [2:19]
2. Gay images [2:39]
3. From the very beginning [2:41]
4. Enter the sissy [3:21]
5. Morocco [1:40]
6. Queen Christina [3:48]
7. Cold-hearted villians [3:03]
8. The Maltese Falcon [1:02]
9. Rope [1:07]
10. Behind bars [1:16]
11. Young Man With A Horn [1:46]
12. Tea And Sympathy [1:25]
13. Rebel Without A Cause [2:07]
14. Ben-hur [2:54]
15. Blurring the lines [3:29]
16. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [4:02]
17. Tony Curtis [7:47]
18. Victim [1:23]
19. The Children's Hour [3:37]
20. Advise & Consent [2:43]
21. Unhappy gay people [2:26]
22. The Boys In The Band [3:08]
23. Cabaret [4:31]
24. Cruising [7:47]
25. Making Love [2:29]
26. Sunday, Bloody Sunday [5:27]
27. Women who love each other [:44]
28. Philadelphia [7:21]
0. Chapter Listings
1. Gay and Lesbian History [4:45]
2. Growing Up [2:31]
3. Sterotypes [3:32]
4. Subtext [:48]
5. Drag [1:27]
6. Sissies [1:34]
7. Hitchcock [3:16]
8. "Some Like it Hot" [2:24]
9. "The Children's Hour" [1:53]
10. Movie Stars [5:24]
11. The Cutting Room Floor [2:40]
12. Positive Images [1:52]
13. Homophobia [3:30]
14. Playing Gay [2:24]
15. On Screen Affection [3:28]
16. Making "Making Love" [2:18]
17. "Personal Best" [1:20]
18. "Philadelphia" [1:42]
19. Gay Voices [3:32]
20. "My Own Private Idaho" [2:33]
21. The Future [2:54]
Editorial Reviews
Based on Vito Russo's groundbreaking 1981 work of film history, The Celluloid Closet gathers clips from dozens of mainstream Hollywood films to illustrate how the movies have dealt explicitly -- and more importantly, implicitly -- with gay and lesbian themes. Layered between the clips are interviews with filmmakers whose works have touched on that subject. The popular films of the Golden Age could only hint at homosexuality and often portrayed gays as simpering characters, objects of scorn or merriment, or insidious villains. With the strictures of the old Production Code loosening, bolder presentations were possible, but often over the objections of studio executives who feared a public backlash against a film that dealt with a long taboo subject. Among the films discussed are Philadelphia, The Children's Hour, Making Love, Rope, and Spartacus. Gore Vidal, Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, and director John Schlesinger are among the film's strongest interview subjects. Tom Wiener, All Movie Guide
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