Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Lily Tomlin | ... | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
Tony Curtis | ... | Self | |
Susie Bright | ... | Self | |
Arthur Laurents | ... | Self | |
Armistead Maupin | ... | Self | |
Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Self | |
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Jan Oxenberg | ... | Self |
Harvey Fierstein | ... | Self | |
Quentin Crisp | ... | Self | |
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Richard Dyer | ... | Self |
Jay Presson Allen | ... | Self | |
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Mrs. Gustav Ketterer | ... | Self |
Gore Vidal | ... | Self | |
Will H. Hays | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Farley Granger | ... | Self |
A comprehensive documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema, from negative to positive reflections of gay characters and the troubles of actors and actresses. Written by R. John Berggren <jberg@nina.pagesz.net>
Entertaining, thought-provoking and (at times) very funny documentary chronicling gay subject matter in motion pictures from the silents up to 1995. The narration (by Lily Tomlin) is insightful and the cameos and comments by various stars who have played gay (Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg, Harry Hamlin) or are gay (Harvey Feinstein, the late Quentin Crisp, Paul Rudnick) are very entertaining and in two cases (with Susan Sarandon and Gore Vidal) utterly uproarious. Special attention should be paid to the "Ben-Hur" segment when you realize Stephen Boyd was playing it gay and Charlton Heston was totally oblivious! This is a very important film and should be seen by everybody gay OR straight. A must for film buffs. Don't miss this one! My only complaint--it's too short! The DVD version has extra interviews that are just great.