An Englishman in New York (2009) on Netflix
Quentin Crisp, an English writer, leaves London for New York City, where celebrities and artists embrace him. He becomes a local celebrity, and will not take back flippant remarks about AIDS.
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Plot summary
Quentin Crisp, an English writer and gay iconoclast, leaves London for New York City in the late 1970s. Celebrities and artists embrace him there, and he becomes a local celebrity and then a national one, writing for New York magazines. The account moves between his public life and his private one. His agent is Connie Clausen, and Phillip Steele, a figure drawn from two of his friends, is another of the people around him. Crisp's reaction to AIDS seems cavalier, and he makes flippant remarks during the crisis that he will not take back. He struggles to find his way through them as he grows older.
Cast
- Jeff Applegateas Journalist
- Silver Bramhamas Orlando
- David Douglasas Audience Member #5
- Alex C. Ferrillas Audience Member #1
- Amy Gaipaas Audience Member #2
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about An Englishman in New York (2009)
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- The film takes its title from "Englishman in New York", a song Sting wrote about the real Quentin Crisp, released on the 1987 album ...Nothing Like the Sun.
