Vito (film)
Vito is a 2011 American documentary film produced and directed by Jeffrey Schwarz of the Los Angeles-based production company Automat Pictures. The film documents the life of Vito Russo, gay activist, film scholar, and author of The Celluloid Closet.[1][2]
| Vito | |
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| Directed by | Jeffrey Schwarz |
| Produced by | Jeffrey Schwarz Bryan Singer |
| Starring | Vito Russo |
| Music by | Miriam Cutler |
| Cinematography | David Quantic |
| Edited by | Philip Harrison |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | First Run Features |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Vito premiered at the 2011 New York Film Festival,[3] went on to screen within such festivals as Maryland Film Festival, and made its television debut on HBO in July 2012.[1] The DVD was released by First Run Features in April 2013.[4]
Cast
- Phyllis Antonellis as Herself - Vito's cousin
- Richard Barrios as Himself - Author (Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall)
- Edmund Bergler as Himself - Psychoanalyst, writer (archive footage) (billed as Edmund Bergler M.D.)
- Richard Berkowitz as Himself - Author
- Lenny Bloom as Himself - Friend & Lawyer (billed as Leonard Bloom)
- Jay Blotcher as Himself - Journalist, writer, publicist, film producer, and activist
- Malcolm Boyd as Himself (billed as Reverend Malcolm Boyd)
- Joseph Brewer as Himself
- Lee Brewster as Himself - Queens Liberation Front (archive footage)
- Tom Brokaw as Himself - Journalist (archive footage)
- Marcus A. Conant as Himself - Doctor and dermatologist (archive footage)
- Stephen Boyd as (archive footage) Messala
- Billie Burke as (archive footage) Glinda
- George Bancroft as (archive footage) Bill Bailey
- Jane Darwell as (archive footage) Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
- Marcia Pally as Herself
References
- Genzlinger, Neil (22 July 2012). "'Vito,' a Documentary About Vito Russo, on HBO". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- Rooney, David (14 October 2011). "Vito: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- Musto, Michael. "Vito Russo Documentary Makes The New York Film Festival". www.villagevoice.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- "DVD Review: 'Vito'". CineVue. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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