Celluloid Closet ( Gefangen in der Traumfabrik )

Celluloid Closet (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Gefangen in der Traumfabrik
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman

Written By:
Vito Russo
Rob Epstein

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

Synopsis:

Portrayals of homosexuality were frowned upon until the 1960's, yet gays were everywhere in the movies ...The Celluloid Closet is inspired by a 1981 book by Vito Russo, who wrote as a gay man who found he had to look in the shadows and subtexts of movies to find homosexual characters who were surely there. His book is a compendium of visible and concealed gays in the movies, and now this documentary, which shows the scenes he could only describe, makes it clear Hollywood wanted it both ways: it benefited from the richness that gays added to films, but didn't want to acknowledge their sexuality. The movie narrated by Lily Tomlin, contains interviews with a lot of witnesses from the days when gays were in the Hollywood Closet.

A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 22 October, 2012.

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