Resident Alien

Resident Alien

1990
1h 23m
5.0

5.0/10

9 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary
Overview

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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Production Information

Production Companies
Crisp City Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

biography lgbt

Quick Facts

Release Date September 14, 1990
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0102777

Cast

Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp

Self

Peter Walker
Peter Walker

The Bum

Gilbert Stafford
Gilbert Stafford

Man on Street

Gus Rogerson
Gus Rogerson

Street Performer

Michaela Murphy
Michaela Murphy

Street Performer

John Sex
John Sex

Self

Felicity Mason
Felicity Mason

Dinner Hostess / Writer

Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz

Writer

Guy Kettelhack
Guy Kettelhack

Writer

John Hurt
John Hurt

Self - Actor

Richard Seiburth
Richard Seiburth

Professor

Hunter Madson
Hunter Madson

Writer

Key Crew

Jonathan Nossiter
Director
Jonathan Nossiter
Writer
Jonathan Nossiter
Producer