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The Resource The celluloid closet, 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, (videorecording)

The celluloid closet, 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, (videorecording)

Label
The celluloid closet
Title
The celluloid closet
Statement of responsibility
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
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Member of
Cataloging source
CUY
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
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
Intended audience
MPPA rating: R
Language note
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired
PerformerNote
  • Narrator: Lily Tomlin
  • Commentary: Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley MacLaine, Gore Vidal
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1951-
  • 1926-2017
  • 1925-2010
  • 1946-
  • 1955-
  • 1954-
  • 1934-
  • 1925-2012
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Tomlin, Lily
  • Maupin, Armistead
  • Epstein, Robert
  • Friedman, Jeffrey
  • Hefner, Hugh M.
  • Hormel, James C
  • Tisch, Steve
  • Hanks, Tom
  • Curtis, Tony
  • Sarandon, Susan
  • Goldberg, Whoopi
  • Fierstein, Harvey
  • MacLaine, Shirley
  • Vidal, Gore
  • Russo, Vito
  • Home Box Office (Firm)
  • Channel Four (Great Britain)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
  • Association relative à la télévision européenne
  • Telling Pictures
  • Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
101
Series statement
Sony Pictures classics
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Homosexuality in motion pictures
  • Lesbian actresses
  • Motion picture actors and actresses
  • Gay men
  • Lesbians
  • Gays
  • Films for the hearing impaired
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The celluloid closet, 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, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the book by Vito Russo
  • 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
  • Originally produced for television broadcast in 1996
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm47095984
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Digitally mastered full screen version.
Extent
1 videodisc [101 min.]
Governing access note
For private home use only
Isbn
9780767849005
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sound, color
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • 405897
  • (Sirsi) o47095984
  • (Sirsi) ADK-5857
System details
DVD
Video recording format
laserdisc
Label
The celluloid closet, 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, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Based on the book by Vito Russo
  • 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
  • Originally produced for television broadcast in 1996
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm47095984
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Digitally mastered full screen version.
Extent
1 videodisc [101 min.]
Governing access note
For private home use only
Isbn
9780767849005
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sound, color
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • 405897
  • (Sirsi) o47095984
  • (Sirsi) ADK-5857
System details
DVD
Video recording format
laserdisc

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