---
title: 'The Celluloid Closet (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jeffrey Friedman'
released: '1995-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-celluloid-closet-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112651/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Celluloid Closet (1995)

1995 · 107 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

The Celluloid Closet is a 1996 American documentary film directed and co-written by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and executive produced by Howard Rosenman. The film is based on Vito Russo's 1981 book The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies, and on lecture and film clip presentations he gave from 1972 to 1982. Russo had researched the history of how motion pictures, especially Hollywood films, had portrayed gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender characters.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jeffrey Friedman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-friedman), [Rob Epstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-epstein)
- **Editor:** [Jeffrey Friedman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-friedman), [Arnold Glassman](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-glassman)
- **Screenplay:** [Vito Russo](https://cinepixo.com/people/vito-russo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carter Burwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-burwell)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nancy Schreiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-schreiber)

## Cast

- [Harvey Fierstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-fierstein)
- [Shirley MacLaine](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-maclaine)
- [Harry Hamlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hamlin)
- [Sharon Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharon-stone)
- [Quentin Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/quentin-crisp)
- [Tom Hanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-hanks)
- [Ron Nyswaner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-nyswaner)
- [Tony Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-curtis)
- [Whoopi Goldberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/whoopi-goldberg)
- [Armistead Maupin](https://cinepixo.com/people/armistead-maupin)
- [Jay Presson Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-presson-allen)
- [Marlene Dietrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlene-dietrich)
- [John Schlesinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-schlesinger)
- [Farley Granger](https://cinepixo.com/people/farley-granger)
- [Susan Sarandon](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-sarandon)

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