The Celluloid Closet
1996 · 102 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 7,685 VOTES · DIR. Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
Overview
What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein ("The Times of Harvey Milk" and "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt") and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,423 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:27 Tommy, hit it up. Let's have it.
00:05:28 and I must not believe them.
00:09:45 unfunny, had no business being in it...
00:14:02 It was a lot of pulpit stuff...
00:18:16 That is, Rebecca is dead.
00:22:17 Let's you and me get acquainted, honey.
00:25:48 and the signs of homosexuality are effeminacy.
00:30:06 He said, "You talked to anybody about this?" And I said' "No."
00:34:23 At last
00:38:57 We come from those two cells, you know?
00:42:24 My taste includes both snails and oysters.
00:45:57 He screamed just once.
00:49:52 she would fight for her budding preference.
00:54:03 I got that impression from the movies.
00:57:07 But you never had a man?
01:01:49 wrong in my head.
01:06:26 so do I.
01:09:57 and the audience burst into applause.
01:13:38 show it.
01:18:29 People started storming up the aisles. At that point, I just left.
01:23:12 except that they didn’t get shot down.
01:27:57 Most people who run big businesses in America are conservative.
01:31:47 two people deciding to be with each other.
05:00:06 especially in sex comedies...