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  • 3000 Lesbians Go To York
  • Chronology of Water (The)
  • Christy
  • Body Blow
  • Boots
  • Sugar Beach
  • Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story
  • Stereo Girls
  • Second Life (A)
  • Librarians (The)
  • Nepela
  • Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (The)
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  • Mutation (The)
  • Choral (The)
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  • Number 2
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  • I've already Died Three Times
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  • When Chueca Dies
  • Under the Burning Sun
  • Garden of Earthly Delights (The)
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  • Life After
  • Skin of Youth
  • Caravaggio
  • Thanks to the Hard Work of the Elephants
  • On the Road
  • Between Dreams and Hope
  • Becoming
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  • Girlfriends
  • Shadows of Willow Cabin
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  • Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
  • Tens Across the Borders
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  • Bleed Like Me
  • Stranger (The)

Celluloid Closet (The)

Country: United States, Language: English, 102 mins

  • Director: Rob Epstein; Jeffrey Friedman
  • Writer: Vito Russo; Rob Epstein
  • Producer: Wendy Braitman; Bernie Brillstein

CGiii Comment

Fascinating...but, dated and chronologically confusing.

Mad omissions...again, very USA-centric - according to this...Europe had very little input - wrong!

It definitely needs updating - worthwhile nonetheless.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A comprehensive documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema, from negative to positive reflections of gay characters and the troubles of actors and actresses.

Cast & Characters

Lily Tomlin as Narrator;
Tony Curtis as Himself;
Susie Bright as Herself;
Arthur Laurents as Himself;
Armistead Maupin as Himself;
Whoopi Goldberg as Herself;
Jan Oxenberg as Herself;
Harvey Fierstein as Himself;
Quentin Crisp as Himself;
Richard Dyer as Himself;
Jay Presson Allen as Herself;
Mrs. Gustav Ketterer as Herself;
Gore Vidal as Himself;
Will H. Hays as Himself;
Farley Granger as Himself