Product Information
A compilation of movie clips from a centenary of cinema. Includes an exploration of filmmaking and interviews with Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon and Tom Hanks.Product Identifiers
EAN5055159277662
eBay Product ID (ePID)72550726
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleThe Celluloid Closet
DirectorRob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
FormatDVD
Release Year2009
GenreDocumentaries, Entertainment, Documentaries & Biographies
Run Time101 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificateE
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationRob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's documentary chronicles the way movies have portrayed homosexuals for the past 100 years and how these images, both positive and negative, have helped shape America's attitudes toward gays. Among the topics examined via interviews and film clips are the various gay stereotypes that recur onscreen, gay subtexts in such macho films as SPARTACUS and BEN-HUR, and how negative images of homosexuality created emotional conflict within the gay moviegoer. But the film also shows how the times have greatly changed, bringing more--and more realistic--gay characters to the silver screen. Interviewees include Susan Sarandon, Tony Curtis, Shirley MacLaine and Tom Hanks, among others. The film is based on the 1981 book by Vito Russo.
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Celluloid Closet