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Rated R for some graphic footage of sexuality and violence, and for language. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit.

Trivia The filmmakers originally planned a sequence discussing how gay historical figures were portrayed as heterosexual in films.

They aborted the sequence when Richard Burton 's estate denied the rights to Alexander the Great , MGM denied use of Hans Christian Andersen fearing that the filmmakers were trying to "out" Danny Kaye and Charlton Heston declined use of The Agony and the Ecstasy claiming that Michelangelo was heterosexual.

Quotes Quentin Crisp : Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can't help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. Connections Edited into Rescued from the Closet User reviews 57 Review.

Top review. A closet full of dreams. The strength of the film is a huge number of clips from a vast range of films which show that, after a fairly liberal early period, homophobia reigned supreme until the late s, and still can be seen in mainstream movies today. Some of the industry people interviewed for the film boast of how the censors were outsmarted on occasion, for example Gore Vidal's account of how Charlton Heston was fooled into acting gay in "Ben Hur", but it was not until "Boys in the Band", the film of a successful stage play in , that homosexuality broke through as a topic for candid treatment.

With "Brokeback Mountain" in line for an Academy Award or two this year gay themes can clearly now be mainstream. This film reminds us that cinema reflects the society from which it springs, and the United States has not historically been tolerant to what we might call sexual minorities. Somehow things loosened up in the s and film-makers followed the trend though not the lawmakers in most states.

The genie is now out of the box, gay rights are reasonably well established and there is no going back. It will be interesting to see how American gay cinema retains its edge, now that homosexuality has become domesticated. Philby-3 Feb 26, Details Edit. Release date March 15, United States. Sony Pictures Classics Telling Pictures official website. Sakincali Film Dolabi. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. The movie was "Boys In the Band" and for 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 Watch4HD.

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