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'''''The Naked Civil Servant''''' is a 1975 [[biographical film]] based on [[Quentin Crisp]]'s 1968 [[The Naked Civil Servant (book)|book of the same name]], starring [[John Hurt]] and directed by [[Jack Gold]], adapted by [[Philip Mackie]], and produced by [[Verity Lambert]]. |
'''''The Naked Civil Servant''''' is a 1975 [[biographical film]] based on [[Quentin Crisp]]'s 1968 [[The Naked Civil Servant (book)|book of the same name]], starring [[John Hurt]] and directed by [[Jack Gold]], adapted by [[Philip Mackie]], and produced by [[Verity Lambert]]. Despite its name, the film is ''not'' about a [[civil servant]] that perform's his/her job in the nude. |
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Originally broadcast on 17 December, the 77-minute [[television film]] was produced by [[Thames Television]] for the British channel [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. Crisp is depicted from youth to middle age. For his performance, Hurt won the [[British Academy Television Award|BAFTA]] for Best Actor in 1976 and the production also won the 1976 [[Prix Italia]]. In 1976, it was shown on US channel [[WWOR-TV|WOR-TV]] and later [[PBS]] when Thames Television and WOR-TV exchanged programming for one week.<ref name="Naked Civil Servant TV Information">{{cite news|url=http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/quentincrisp.html |title=Knitting Circle: Quentin Crisp |publisher=The Knitting Circle |date=2005-09-03 |accessdate=2008-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102232427/http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/quentincrisp.html |archivedate=2 January 2008 }}</ref> |
Originally broadcast on 17 December, the 77-minute [[television film]] was produced by [[Thames Television]] for the British channel [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. Crisp is depicted from youth to middle age. For his performance, Hurt won the [[British Academy Television Award|BAFTA]] for Best Actor in 1976 and the production also won the 1976 [[Prix Italia]]. In 1976, it was shown on US channel [[WWOR-TV|WOR-TV]] and later [[PBS]] when Thames Television and WOR-TV exchanged programming for one week.<ref name="Naked Civil Servant TV Information">{{cite news|url=http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/quentincrisp.html |title=Knitting Circle: Quentin Crisp |publisher=The Knitting Circle |date=2005-09-03 |accessdate=2008-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102232427/http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/quentincrisp.html |archivedate=2 January 2008 }}</ref> |
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| The Naked Civil Servant | |
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| Directed by | Jack Gold |
| Screenplay by | Philip Mackie |
| Based on | The Naked Civil Servant |
| Starring | John Hurt Patricia Hodge John Rhys-Davies |
Release date | 1975 |
Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Naked Civil Servant is a 1975 biographical film based on Quentin Crisp's 1968 book of the same name, starring John Hurt and directed by Jack Gold, adapted by Philip Mackie, and produced by Verity Lambert. Despite its name, the film is not about a civil servant that perform's his/her job in the nude.
Originally broadcast on 17 December, the 77-minute television film was produced by Thames Television for the British channel ITV. Crisp is depicted from youth to middle age. For his performance, Hurt won the BAFTA for Best Actor in 1976 and the production also won the 1976 Prix Italia. In 1976, it was shown on US channel WOR-TV and later PBS when Thames Television and WOR-TV exchanged programming for one week.[1]
In 2000, the film was placed fourth in a poll by industry professionals to find the BFI TV 100 of the 20th century, and was the highest ITV production on the list. The film was released on DVD in 2005.
In 2009, Hurt reprised the role of Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York, which covered the latter years of Crisp's life spent in Manhattan.[2]
Cast
- John Hurt as Quentin Crisp
- Liz Gebhardt as Art Student
- Patricia Hodge as Ballet Teacher
- Stanley Lebor as Mr. Pole
- Katherine Schofield as Mrs. Pole
- Colin Higgins as Thumbnails
- John Rhys-Davies as Barndoor
- Lloyd Lamble as Mr. Crisp
- Joan Ryan as Mrs. Crisp
- Shane Briant as Norma
- Roger Lloyd-Pack as Liz
- Adrian Shergold as Gloria
- Ron Pember as Black Cat Proprietor
References
- ^ "Knitting Circle: Quentin Crisp". The Knitting Circle. 3 September 2005. Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "Actor Hurt to reprise Crisp role". BBC News. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
External links
- The Naked Civil Servant at IMDb
- The Quentin Crisp Archives
- Entry on the BFI TV 100 site
- British Film Institute Screen Online
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