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The celluloid closet

Title
  1. The celluloid closet [videorecording] / Sony Pictures Classics ; 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.
Published by
  1. Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2001.

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Additional authors
  1. Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017
  2. Hormel, James C. (James Catherwood), 1933-2021
  3. Tisch, Steve
  4. Tomlin, Lily
  5. Hanks, Tom
  6. Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010
  7. Sarandon, Susan, 1946-
  8. Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-
  9. Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-
  10. MacLaine, Shirley, 1934-
  11. Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
  12. Schreiber, Nancy
  13. Friedman, Jeffrey
  14. Glassman, Arnold
  15. Russo, Vito
  16. Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
  17. Home Box Office (Firm)
  18. Channel Four (Great Britain)
  19. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
  20. Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
  21. Telling Pictures
  22. Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Films for the hearing impaired
  2. Documentary television programs
  3. Lesbian actresses > United States
  4. Gay actors > United States
  5. Lesbianism in motion pictures
  6. Homosexuality in motion pictures
Genre/Form
  1. Documentary television programs.
  2. Films for the hearing impaired.
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. DVDR 1285 C
Note
  1. Originally produced for television broadcast in 1996.
  2. Based on the book by Vito Russo.
  3. Notes on the doucmentary inserted in container.
  4. Special features: Commentary with filmmakers Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Lily Tomlin, producer Howard Rosenman, editor Arnold Glassman, author Vito Russo ; bonus trailers ; collection of outtakes ; talent files ; interactive menus ; production notes including letters from Gore Vidal and Charlton Heston ; scene selections.
Credits (note)
  1. 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 (note)
  1. DVD; Dolby Digital.
Language (note)
  1. Closed-captioned.
Title
  1. The celluloid closet [videorecording] / Sony Pictures Classics ; 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.
Imprint
  1. Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2001.
Edition
  1. Special ed.
System details
  1. DVD; Dolby Digital.
Performer
  1. Narrator, Lily Tomlin ; commentary, Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley MacLaine, Gore Vidal.
Credits
  1. 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.
Language
  1. Closed-captioned.
Added author
  1. Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017.
  2. Hormel, James C. (James Catherwood), 1933-2021.
  3. Tisch, Steve.
  4. Tomlin, Lily, narrator.
  5. Hanks, Tom.
  6. Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010.
  7. Sarandon, Susan, 1946-
  8. Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-
  9. Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-
  10. MacLaine, Shirley, 1934-
  11. Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.
  12. Schreiber, Nancy.
  13. Friedman, Jeffrey.
  14. Glassman, Arnold.
  15. Russo, Vito. Celluloid closet.
  16. Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
  17. Home Box Office (Firm)
  18. Channel Four (Great Britain)
  19. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
  20. Brillstein-Grey Entertainment.
  21. Telling Pictures.
  22. Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Research call number
  1. DVDR 1285 C
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