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The celluloid closet

Title
The celluloid closet [videorecording] / Sony Pictures Classics ; Home Box Office presents in association with Channel 4, ZDF/Arte, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment ; in association with Hugh M. Hefner, James C. Hormel, Steve Tisch ; a Telling Pictures production.
Publication
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2001.

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C.1TextBy appointment only Performing Arts Research Collections - Reserve Film and Video

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Additional Authors
  • Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017.
  • Hormel, James C. (James Catherwood), 1933-2021.
  • Tisch, Steve.
  • Tomlin, Lily
  • Hanks, Tom.
  • Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010.
  • Sarandon, Susan, 1946-
  • Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-
  • Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-
  • MacLaine, Shirley, 1934-
  • Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.
  • Schreiber, Nancy.
  • Friedman, Jeffrey.
  • Glassman, Arnold.
  • Russo, Vito.
  • Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
  • Home Box Office (Firm)
  • Channel Four (Great Britain)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
  • Brillstein-Grey Entertainment.
  • Telling Pictures.
  • Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary television programs.
  • Films for the hearing impaired.
Note
  • Originally produced for television broadcast in 1996.
  • Based on the book by Vito Russo.
  • Notes on the doucmentary inserted in container.
  • 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.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Nancy Schreiber ; editors, Jeffrey Friedman, Arnold Glassman ; story, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Sharon Wood ; narration writer, Armistead Maupin ; music, Carter Burwell ; vocal performance, K.D. Lang ; co-producer, Michael Lumpkin ; producer/directors, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman.
System Details (note)
  • DVD; Dolby Digital.
Language (note)
  • Closed-captioned.
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 & consent -- Unhappy gay people -- The boys in the band -- Cabaret -- Cruising -- Making love -- Sunday, bloody Sunday -- Women who love each other -- Philadelphia.
Title
The celluloid closet [videorecording] / Sony Pictures Classics ; Home Box Office presents in association with Channel 4, ZDF/Arte, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment ; in association with Hugh M. Hefner, James C. Hormel, Steve Tisch ; a Telling Pictures production.
Imprint
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2001.
Edition
Special ed.
System Details
DVD; Dolby Digital.
Performer
Narrator, Lily Tomlin ; commentary, Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley MacLaine, Gore Vidal.
Credits
Director of photography, Nancy Schreiber ; editors, Jeffrey Friedman, Arnold Glassman ; story, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Sharon Wood ; narration writer, Armistead Maupin ; music, Carter Burwell ; vocal performance, K.D. Lang ; co-producer, Michael Lumpkin ; producer/directors, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Added Author
Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017.
Hormel, James C. (James Catherwood), 1933-2021.
Tisch, Steve.
Tomlin, Lily, narrator.
Hanks, Tom.
Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010.
Sarandon, Susan, 1946-
Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-
Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-
MacLaine, Shirley, 1934-
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.
Schreiber, Nancy.
Friedman, Jeffrey.
Glassman, Arnold.
Russo, Vito. Celluloid closet.
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Home Box Office (Firm)
Channel Four (Great Britain)
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
Brillstein-Grey Entertainment.
Telling Pictures.
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
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