This documentary looks at the portrayal of gays throughout movie history. It also looks at how gays relate to their on-screen counterparts. Many actors comment on gay characters they have portrayed in movies, including Tom Hanks, Lily Tomlin and Susan Sarandon. Directed by Jeffrey Friedman. Categories: Documentary, History. Year: 1995.
Tom Hanks in The Celluloid Closet
Susan Sarandon in The Celluloid Closet
The Celluloid Closet
Lily Tomlin in The Celluloid Closet
Tom Hanks in The Celluloid Closet
Lily Tomlin also appeared in I Heart Huckabees.
Tony Curtis also appeared in Some Like It Hot.
Whoopi Goldberg also appeared in Girl, Interrupted, The Aristocrats, Everyone's Hero, The Lion King, Ghost, Rat Race, and Searching for Debra Winger.
Harvey Fierstein also appeared in The Times of Harvey Milk, Mrs. Doubtfire, Death to Smoochy, and Independence Day.
Rob Epstein also appeared in The Times of Harvey Milk.
Tom Hanks also appeared in Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Catch Me If You Can, The Polar Express, Cast Away, Who Killed the Electric Car?, The Da Vinci Code, Apollo 13, A League of Their Own, Toy Story, Charlie Wilson's War, The Green Mile, Road to Perdition, Angels & Demons, The Great Buck Howard, and You've Got Mail.
Susan Sarandon also appeared in The Witches of Eastwick, Dead Man Walking, James and the Giant Peach, Igby Goes Down, Thelma & Louise, Mr. Woodcock, In the Valley of Elah, Enchanted, Speed Racer, Elizabethtown, and The Lovely Bones.