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David Thomson: He was closeted
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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

He was closeted, but there was every reasonto be closeted back then

David Thomson:
He was closeted, but there was every reason
to be closeted back then

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David Thomson: He was closeted,
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but there was every reason to be closeted back then.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:04
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Berlanti Productions,Altitude Film Entertainment,Dog Star Films

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Movie Summary

The biography of renowned actor Rock Hudson is examined in this relevant investigation of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity, from his public "ladies' man" character to his private life as a gay man.
If the truth had come out, that would've been the end of his career. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
If the truth had come out, that would've been the end o...
Kevoian: The public perception of Rock - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:08
Kevoian: The public perception of Rock
Carol Burnett: He loved to laugh. He was also a bit of a devil. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:06
Carol Burnett: He loved to laugh. He was also a bit of a dev...
Ken Jillson: The people that he had around him - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:07
Ken Jillson: The people that he had around him
He was just a decent, wonderful guy. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
He was just a decent, wonderful guy.
I hate to say that, but it's true. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
I hate to say that, but it's true.
I think the thing I most remember him for were his silences. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:06
I think the thing I most remember him for were his silences.
(contemplative music) - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:07
(contemplative music)
Became absorbed in things. His job mostly. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:06
Became absorbed in things. His job mostly.
Always a look around his eyes as if he were - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:08
Always a look around his eyes as if he were
Protest against what he'd surrendered his life to. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:06
Protest against what he'd surrendered his life to.
-(distant clatter) -...and I don't think he ever knew. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
-(distant clatter) -...and I don't think he ever knew.
(contemplative music continues) - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:08
(contemplative music continues)
Reporter 1: Rock Hudson died peacefully in his sleep from AIDS, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:10
Reporter 1: Rock Hudson died peacefully in his sleep from AI...
Norman Sunshine: He signaled this catastrophe called AIDS, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:09
Norman Sunshine: He signaled this catastrophe called AIDS,
Reporter 2: Since AIDS is primarily a disease - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:09
Reporter 2: Since AIDS is primarily a disease
Maupin: They needed someone to say that he was gay, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:12
Maupin: They needed someone to say that he was gay,
Ronald L. Davis: This is an interview with actor Rock Hudson - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:12
Ronald L. Davis: This is an interview with actor Rock Hudson
Well, I'm wondering, first of all, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:08
Well, I'm wondering, first of all,
That has always hypnotized me. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
That has always hypnotized me.