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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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author:	Burwell, Carter (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) Home Box Office (Firm) Channel Four (Great Britain) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen ZDF/Arte (Firm) Brillstein-Grey Entertainment Telling Pictures Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017 Hormel, James C. (James Catherwood), 1933-2021 Tisch, Steve Tomlin, Lily Hanks, Tom Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010 Sarandon, Susan, 1946- Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- Fierstein, Harvey, 1952- MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012 Schreiber, Nancy Maupin, Armistead Epstein, Robert P., 1955- Friedman, Jeffrey, 1951- Glassman, Arnold Russo, Vito
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned in English.
Published:	Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2001.
Edition:	Special edition.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Russo, Vito > Television adaptations. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Lesbianism in motion pictures. Gay actors > United States. Lesbian actresses > United States. Russo, Vito. Gay actors. Lesbian actresses. United States. Documentary television programs. Historical television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Film excerpts. Television adaptations.
Genre:	Television adaptations. Documentary television programs. Historical television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Film excerpts.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
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.
Note:	DVD release of film originally produced in 1995. Based on the book by Vito Russo. Notes on the doucumentary inserted in container. Videorecording.
Call Number:	9W9 D0000094 VideoDVD
Audience:	Rated R.
ISBN:	0767849000 : 9780767849005
Credits:	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.
System Details:	DVD ; NTSC format, region 1 ; Dolby Digital.
Participant or Performer:	Narrator, Lily Tomlin ; commentary, Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Shirley MacLaine, Gore Vidal.