About Resident Alien
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.
Full Cast of Resident Alien
Peter Walker
plays The Bum
Gilbert Stafford
plays Man on Street
Gus Rogerson
plays Street Performer
Michaela Murphy
plays Street Performer
Felicity Mason
plays Dinner Hostess / Writer
Fran Lebowitz
plays Writer
Guy Kettelhack
plays Writer
Richard Seiburth
plays Professor
Hunter Madson
plays Writer
Michael Musto
plays Gossip Columnist
Sally Jessy Raphael
plays Talk Show Host (archive footage)
Shi Ringer
plays Gay Activist
Tom Steele
plays Publisher
Al Goldstein
plays Pornographer
Paul Morrissey
plays Self
Lenny Dean
plays Cabaret Performer
Robert Patrick
plays Playwright
Penny Arcade
plays Performance Artist
Patrick Angus
plays Painter
Paul Bridgewater
plays Gallery Owner
Orshi Drozdick
plays Sculptor
Emile de Antonio
plays Filmmaker
David McDermott
plays Painter
Peter McGough
plays Painter
Trey Spiegel
plays Painters' Friend
Franco the Great
plays Painter
Holly Woodlawn
plays Performer / Actor
Vincent Hanlon
plays Self
Crew of Resident Alien
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