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
Directed byJeffrey Schwarz
Produced byJeffrey Schwarz
Bryan Singer
StarringVito Russo
Music byMiriam Cutler
CinematographyDavid Quantic
Edited byPhilip Harrison
Production
company
Distributed byFirst Run Features
Release date
  • October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14) (New York Film Festival)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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
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References

  1. Genzlinger, Neil (22 July 2012). "'Vito,' a Documentary About Vito Russo, on HBO". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. Rooney, David (14 October 2011). "Vito: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. Musto, Michael. "Vito Russo Documentary Makes The New York Film Festival". www.villagevoice.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. "DVD Review: 'Vito'". CineVue. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2019.


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