The Celluloid Closet (1995)

	Lily Tomlin	Narrator
	Tony Curtis	Himself
	Susie Bright	Herself
	Arthur Laurents	Himself
	Armistead Maupin	Himself
	Whoopi Goldberg	Herself
	Jan Oxenberg	Herself
	Harvey Fierstein	Himself
	Quentin Crisp	Himself
	Richard Dyer	Himself
	Shirley MacLaine
	Susan Sarandon
	Tom Hanks

Director/Choreographer

Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman

Producer

Wendy Braitman
Bernie Brillstein
Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman

Writer/Composer

Vito Russo
Rob Epstein

Edition Details
Edition	Special Edition
Distributor	Columbia/Tri-Star
Chapters	28
Release Date	5/29/2001
Packaging	Keep Case
Screen Ratio	Standard 1.33:1 Color
Subtitles	English; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks	ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
Layers	Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes	1

Personal Details
Purchase Date	2/15/2008
Location	Personal Library
Owner	Deitz
Store	DVD Empire
Purchase Price	$19.99
Condition	New
Tags	heritage
Links	IMDB Amazon US DVD Empire Rotten Tomatoes

Commentary with Filmmakers Robert Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Lily Tomlin, Producer Howard Rosenman, and Editor Arnold Glassman
Additional Commentary with Author Vito Russo
Bonus Trailers
Collection Of Outtakes
Talent Files
Interactive Menus
Production Notes Including Letters From Gore Vidal and Charlton Heston
Scene Selections
Direct Weblink To Glaad Website

References
Streaming, VoD	Vudu $
Lists	‡ 50 Outstanding GLBT-Themed Films by Jim Clark, ‡ 175 Essential Films for GLBT Viewers from Advocate (6/23/2014), ‡ Advocate: Reflecting on Queer Cinema's Golden Age: The Gay '90s, ‡ Rotten Tomatoes: 200 Best LGBT Movies of All Time
Rotten Critics Rating % (2021)	97
Rotten Best Queer #1-200 (2021)	42

To the extent that cinematic media allows, this film seems to be a fine overview of gay themes in cinema -- See Vito Russo's 1981 book "The Celluloid Closet, Homosexuality in the Movies" for a more comprehensive treatment. Since it uses Russo's book as its principal source, recent cinematic history is not covered.