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The Celluloid Closet

1995 American documentary film
Movie film Q535096

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
film
Award received
Peabody Awards[2]
Director
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman[3][4]
Genre
documentary film, LGBTQ-related film[7][8]
Publication date
1995[31]
Screenwriter
Vito Russo[5]
Based on
The Celluloid Closet[9]
Duration
+107[37]
Assessment
Bechdel test[38]
Cast member
Susan Sarandon, Lily Tomlin, Sharon Stone, Shirley MacLaine, Whoopi Goldberg, John Schlesinger, Tom Hanks, Harry Hamlin, Tony Curtis, Antonio Banderas, Farley Granger, Harvey Fierstein, Ron Nyswaner, Quentin Crisp, Marlene Dietrich, Jay Presson Allen, Armistead Maupin[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Color
color[29]
Composer
Carter Burwell[6]
Country of origin
United States[30]
Director of photography
Nancy Schreiber[24]
Distributed by
TriStar Pictures, Netflix[32][33]
Distribution format
video on demand[26]
Film editor
Jeffrey Friedman, Arnold Glassman[34][35]
Original language of film or TV show
English[25]
P14449
581
P14551
the-celluloid-closet
Presented in
29e Festival du film LGBTQ & +++ de Paris
Review score
97%, 7.8/10[27][28]
Title
The Celluloid Closet[36]
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🔖 Identifiers · 61
ACMI ID
works/87123
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID
60014
AllMovie title ID
v135065
Allcinema film ID
52211
AlloCiné film ID
15004
Amazon Standard Identification Number
B001NI5C6U
Apple TV movie ID
umc.cmc.1sanfyk2nc1xvog2z8lsb99m
Bechdel Test Movie List ID
2690
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme)
celluloidcloset
Cine.gr film ID (archived)
714489
Cinema.de ID
1295774
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID
19150
Show all 61 identifiers +49
Dvdcompare.net film ID
7537, 62909
EDb film ID
t0006232
EIDR content ID
10.5240/3F70-FD3C-9375-4F88-B91A-A
ElFilm film ID
112137
Elonet movie ID
168044
Fandango at Home video ID (formerly Vudu video ID)
21244
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme)
MMV272AC5A544D183BAB2741FB78750AAF50
Film-documentaire.fr film ID
7162
FilmAffinity film ID
473685
FilmVandaag ID
film/9539
Filmová databáze film ID
49750
Filmweb.pl film ID
10246
Freebase ID
/m/06k1j_
IDFA film ID
8742b53e-6e31-4a0a-9b74-b27391b97b95
IMDb ID
tt0112651
ISAN
0000-0000-973A-0000-Y-0000-0000-9
ITunes movie ID
297439816, 366541826
KINENOTE film ID
30235
Kinobox film ID
238547
Kinopoisk film ID
1932
LUMIERE film ID
4866
LdiF ID
67302
Letterboxd film ID
the-celluloid-closet
MUBI film ID
15624
MYmovies audiovisual work ID
21749
Mediafilm ID
mf-tt-7720841385
Movie Review Query Engine ID
the-celluloid-closet-m100008626
Movie Walker Press film ID
mv29982
MovieMeter film ID
3735
Moviepilot.de film ID
the-celluloid-closet-2
Netflix ID
60020477
OFDb film ID
12800
OMDb film ID
37654
PORT film ID
128673
Plex media key
5d7768612e80df001ebe299e
Quora topic ID
Celluloid-Closet
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/celluloid_closet
SensCritique work ID
441063
Sratim ID
tt137674
TCM Movie Database film ID
442873
TMDB movie ID
32562
TV Guide show ID (former scheme)
131237
TV.com ID
movies/the-celluloid-closet
The Numbers movie ID
Celluloid-Closet-The
TheTVDB movie ID
24200
Trakt.tv ID
movies/the-celluloid-closet-1996
Trakt.tv film ID
20899
Unconsenting Media ID
6606
ČSFD film ID
43719

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🔗 Connections
Cast member 17
Marlene Dietrich, Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon, Antonio Banderas, Sharon Stone, Shirley MacLaine, Tony Curtis +9 more
Director 2
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Distributed by 2
Netflix, TriStar Pictures
Genre 2
documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
Assessment 1
Bechdel test
Award received 1
Peabody Awards
Composer 1
Carter Burwell
Country of origin 1
United States
Director of photography 1
Nancy Schreiber
Distribution format 1
video on demand
Film editor 1
Jeffrey Friedman
Instance of 1
film
Original language of film or TV show 1
English
Screenwriter 1
Vito Russo
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Summary

The Celluloid Closet is a film[1].

FAQs

What awards did The Celluloid Closet receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[2].

Related Entities

Antonio Banderas Farley Granger film Harry Hamlin Harvey Fierstein John Schlesinger Lily Tomlin Marlene Dietrich Netflix Quentin Crisp Sharon Stone Shirley MacLaine Susan Sarandon Tom Hanks Tony Curtis United States Whoopi Goldberg

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  1. [3] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  26. [27] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . Bechdel Test Movie List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film ID → 49750
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film ID: 49750, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264619|batch #264619]]"
  2. 18w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → the-celluloid-closet
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: the-celluloid-closet, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295961140|THE CELLULOID CLOSET (#295961140)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/80"
  3. 18w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Vito Russo
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+107'}
    Presented in → 29e Festival du film LGBTQ & +++ de Paris
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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