Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains 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.
Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
media
hollywood
lgbt
Rank
#15 in 1996·#1165 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
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Cast
Lily Tomlin
Narrator (voice)
Tony Curtis
Self
Susan Sarandon
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Gore Vidal
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Whoopi Goldberg
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Antonio Fargas
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Shirley MacLaine
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John Schlesinger
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Armistead Maupin
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Arthur Laurents
Self
Tom Hanks
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Farley Granger
Self
Crew
Rob Epstein
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Director
Armistead Maupin
Writer
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Jeffrey Friedman
Editor
Nancy Schreiber
Director of Photography
Brad Grey
Executive Producer
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer
Howard Rosenman
Executive Producer
Rob Epstein
Producer
Bernie Brillstein
Executive Producer
Jeffrey Friedman
Producer
Popular Reviews
111 reviews
Lex Gallagher
8.0★ · 05/06/26
On m’a dit pendant 1h40 que le subtext était la et que j’étais pas fou de le voir partout, je me sens mieux
On m’a dit pendant 1h40 que le subtext était la et que j’étais pas fou de le voir partout, je me sens mieux
mark b w
god I love being gay
god I love being gay
Amelie
10.0★ · 12/31/25
brb just adding all the movies in this to my watchlist
brb just adding all the movies in this to my watchlist
Sinner
A pesar de ser de los 90s esto sigue estando tan vigente hasta el día de hoy… la representación importa y el camino que se ha dado para mostrarla no debio ser tan difícil como fue.
A pesar de ser de los 90s esto sigue estando tan vigente hasta el día de hoy… la representación importa y el camino que se ha dado para mostrarla no debio ser tan difícil como fue.
