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- While An Englishman in New York lacks the style, sass and attitude of the brilliant 1975 film, the film is worth watching if only for the once again marvelous performance of John Hurt, who seems capable of inhabiting the outspoken Crisp.
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An Englishman in New York is a 2009 biographical film that chronicles the years gay English writer Quentin Crisp spent in New York City, starring John Hurt reprising his role as Crisp from The Naked Civil Servant (1975).
Despite falling far short of its predecessor in dealing with the life of Quentin Crisp, An Englishman in New York is worth a view once it arrives on home video to catch the performance of John Hurt revisiting the real life character who introduced him to Hollywood and turned him into a star.
Following the success of a movie based on his memoir, openly gay Quentin Crisp (John Hurt) leaves England for New York, stars in a one-man show and lands a gig as film critic for the Village...
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- John Hurt
- Richard Laxton
- Drama, Biography, LGBTQ+
AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK is a exceptionally well done film about the last years of the infamous Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt, 25 December 1908 - 21 November 1999), an English writer and raconteur - one who is skilled at regurgitating funny anecdotes he heard someone else say first.
An Englishman in New York: Directed by Richard Laxton. With John Hurt, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker, Cynthia Nixon. The later years of Quentin Crisp's life in New York City.
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- Biography, Drama
- Richard Laxton
- 2009-04-27
Feb 12, 2009 · Film Review: An Englishman in New York. Thirty-three years after portraying Quentin Crisp in the movie "The Naked Civil Servant," John Hurt returns to the character in "An Englishman in...
May 3, 2009 · In Richard Laxton’s An Englishman in New York, Quentin Crisp (John Hurt)—the notable makeup-wearing gay activist who was raised in the brutal, prejudice-filled streets of Sutton, England and brought over, at the tender age of 70, to the slightly more welcoming boroughs of New York City—is filled with generous, perceptive philosophies ...
