The celluloid closet [videorecording] / Home Box Office presents in association with Channel 4, ZDF/Arte, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment ; a Telling Pictures production.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Digitally mastered full screen version special ed.
Publisher:
Columbia TriStar Home Video,
Copyright Date:
c2001
Description:
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Based on the book by Vito Russo. Documentary. Title from container. Narrator: Lily Tomlin. Commentary: Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley MacLaine, Gore Vidal. Originally produced in 1995. Released in 1996. Special features: Commentary with filmmakers Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Lily Tomlin, author Vito Russo ; bonus trailers ; collection of outtakes ; talent files ; interactive menus ; production notes including letters from Gore Vidal and Charlton Heston ; scene selections ; direct weblink to GLAAD website.
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.