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The celluloid closet
- Title
- The celluloid closet / 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.
- Format
- Videocassette
- Published/Produced
- Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1996.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (102 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Performer
- Narrator: Lily Tomlin.
- 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.
- System details
- VHS; hi-fi Dolby surround stereo.
- Language
- Closed-captioned.
- Summary
- Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs 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.
- Notes
- Based on the book by Vito Russo. Originally produced for television broadcast in 1996. "Formatted to fit your TV"--Container.
- Subject headings
- Homosexuality in motion pictures. Lesbianism in motion pictures. Gay actors--United States. Lesbian actresses--United States.
- Genre heading
- Documentary television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Other contributors
- Tomlin, Lily. Maupin, Armistead. Epstein, Robert P., 1955- Friedman, Jeffrey, 1951- Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017. Hormel, James C. (James Catherwood), 1933-2021 Tisch, Steve. Russo, Vito. Celluloid closet. Home Box Office (Firm) Channel Four (Great Britain) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Association relative à la télévision européenne. Brillstein-Grey Entertainment. Telling Pictures. Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
- ISBN
- 0800187245 9780800187248
- Standard Identifier
- 043396821033