An Englishman In New York

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An Englishman In New York, 2008, USA

Director: Richard Laxton

Cast: John Hurt, Cynthia Nixon, Jonathan Tucker, Swoosie Kurtz, Denis O'Hare, Stephen Guarino, Richard Joseph Paul, Anthony Del Negro, Ashley Klein, Douglas Schneider, Kevin Cannon, Daniel Fainman, Amy Gaipa, Robert Gomes, Gregg Payne, Ted Koch...

John Hurt reprises his iconic role as Quentin Crisp in the sequel to The Naked Civil Servant. He again plays English eccentric Quentin Crisp in An In New York, a funny and moving film that picks up where the 1970s classic left off. Cynthia Nixon (Sex And The City) also stars as Penny Arcade, an avant garde performance artist and friend of Crisp.

Outspoken dandy Crisp sets off on the journey of a lifetime to the Big Apple. New Yorkers immediately embrace Quentin and his witty, waspish ways and before long, he’s being wined and dined by celebrities in every corner of Manhattan. But as is so often the case with the maverick gay writer, Quentin cannot help but shock and, at a public event, he quips that the burgeoning Aids crisis is only “a fad”.

Quentin is suddenly dropped from high society. But then, out of the blue, he’s rediscovered by English pop star Sting and immortalised in his famous song An Englishman In New York. Could this be the start of Quentin’s revival?