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Line 1: {{work}} {{workstub}} Based on the book by Vito Russo, this 1995 [[Documentary]] explores the history of Hollywood's portrayal of gay characters through the ages. ~~Give it a watch, it is awesome.{{citation needed}}~~ {{tropelist}} Line 19: * [[Sissy Villain]] * [[Subtext]] * [[What Might Have Been]]: Originally a sequence was planned looking at [[Biopic~~\|Biopics~~]]s that made gay people into straights, such as ''Alexander the Great'' with Richard Burton, ''Hans Christian Andersen'' with [[Danny Kaye]], ''Night and Day'' (about Cole Porter) with [[Cary Grant]], and ''The Agony and the ~~Ectasy~~Ecstasy'' with Charlton Heston. The sequence was canned due to rights issues. Heston in particular insisted that his portrayal of ~~Michaelangelo~~Michelangelo as a hetero was 100% accurate. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] [[Category:~~The Celluloid Closet~~Documentary]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Celluloid Closet, The}} [[Category:Film]]