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Meeting Mr Crisp

Synopsis

March 1999. Tim Fountain and Bette Bourne meet Quentin Crisp in his famously filthy New York apartment for one of his very last interviews before his sudden death in England a few months later during Tim and Bette's production of Resident Alien, a play based on Quentin's life and writing at the Bush Theatre, London.

Details

Year
2001
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins
Format
Betacam Sp
Director
Nathan Evans
Producer
Nathan Evans
Editor
Nathan Evans
Screenwriter
Nathan Evans
Director of Photography
Nathan Evans
Sound
Nathan Evans
Principal cast
Quentin Crisp, Bette Bourne, Tim Fountain

Categories

Fiction Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Contact: Nathan Evans

Flat 4B
60 Cambridge Gardens
London W10 6HR
UK

T 020 8962 0063 / 0956 478512

nathanevans@mailexcite. com

Sales Company

Contact: Nathan Evans

Flat 4B
60 Cambridge Gardens
London W10 6HR
UK

T 020 8962 0063 / 0956 478512

nathanevans@mailexcite. com

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