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.
Unfortunately the movie The Celluloid Closet is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Rob Epstein | Director |
| Directing | Jeffrey Friedman | Director |
| Writing | Vito Russo | Author |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Nancy Schreiber | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jeffrey Friedman | Editor |
| Editing | Arnold Glassman | Editor |
| Production | Wendy Braitman | Associate Producer |
| Production | Bernie Brillstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Ehrenzweig | Associate Producer |
| Production | Rob Epstein | Producer |
| Production | Jeffrey Friedman | Producer |
| Production | Brad Grey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Lumpkin | Co-Producer |
| Production | Caryn Mendez | Associate Producer |
| Production | Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Production | Howard Rosenman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Caroline Spry | Producer |
| Art | Scott Chambliss | Production Design |
| Writing | Rob Epstein | Story |
| Writing | Jeffrey Friedman | Story |
| Writing | Sharon Wood | Story |
| Writing | Armistead Maupin | Writer |
| Sound | Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
