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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 ; a Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman film ; story, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Sharon Wood ; narration writer, Armistead Maupin ; co-producer, Michael Lumpkin ; producer/directors, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman.
LIBRA DVD 006 449
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russo, Vito--Film adaptations.
- Russo, Vito.
- Homosexuality in motion pictures.
- Lesbianism in motion pictures.
- Gay actors--United States.
- Gay actors.
- Lesbian actresses.
- United States.
- Lesbian actresses--United States.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Documentary films.
- Film adaptations.
- Motion pictures, United States.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Special edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar DVD : Sony Pictures Classics, [2001]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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.
- 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.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Lily Tomlin; commentary, Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley MacLaine, Gore Vidal ... [et al.].
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Nancy Schreiber; editors, Jeffrey Friedman, Arnold Glassman; music, Carter Burwell; vocal performance, k.d.lang.
- Notes:
- Based on The celluloid closet / by Vito Russo.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1996.
- Special features: commentary with filmmakers Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Lily Tomlin, producer Howard Rosenman, editor Arnold Glassman, author Vito Russo; collection of outtakes; talent files; production notes including letters from Gore Vidal and Charlton Heston.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- ISBN:
- 0767849000 :
- 9780767849005
- OCLC:
- 48064825
- Publisher Number:
- 043396821071
- 82107 Columbia TriStar DVD
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