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Resident Alien

5.719901h 23mMovieDocumentary

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,…

DirectorJonathan Nossiter
WriterJonathan Nossiter
ProducerJonathan Nossiter

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Cast · Directed by Jonathan Nossiter

QCQuentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp
Self
PWPeter Walker
Peter Walker
The Bum
GS
Gilbert Stafford
Man on Street
GR
Gus Rogerson
Street Performer
MM
Michaela Murphy
Street Performer
JSJohn Sex
John Sex
Self
FM
Felicity Mason
Dinner Hostess / Writer
FLFran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
Writer
GK
Guy Kettelhack
Writer
JHJohn Hurt
John Hurt
Self - Actor
RS
Richard Seiburth
Professor
HM
Hunter Madson
Writer

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