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Resident Alien

Resident Alien

Documentary

Resident Alien

September 14, 1990

1h 23m

TMDB5.3· 10

At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems very much at home, wearing eye shadow, appearing on a makeshift stage, making and repeating wry observations, talking to John Hurt (who played Crisp in the autobiographical TV movie, "The Naked Civil Servant"), and dining with friends. Others who know Crisp comment on him, on his life as an openly gay man with an effeminate manner, and on his place in the history of gays' social struggle. The portrait that emerges is of one wit and of suffering.

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Movie Info

StatusReleased

Original LanguageEnglish

Budget (USD)N/A

Revenue (USD)N/A

Popularity0%

Produced by

CCP

Crisp City Productions

Released in

United States

Spoken Languages

English