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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).
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
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+
Apr 27, 2009 · Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death.
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 ...
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Directed by Richard Laxton. Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp’s life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death.
