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The Naked Civil Servant

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Format:	DVD

Starring:	John Hurt

Director:	Jack Gold

Screen:	Aspect Ratio 4:3

Languages:	English

No. of Disks:	1

Region:	Region 2

Release Date:	12 September 2005

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Adapted from his best-selling autobiography, The Naked Civil Servant tells the coming-of-age story of Quentin Crisp, a homosexual trying to live an openly flamboyant and gay lifestyle in the intolerant pre-war years. It is easy to see why Crisp is considered by some to be the 20th century's equivalent of Oscar Wilde, but it's his unflinching desire not to compromise his lifestyle to suit the conventions of society that makes this play by turns funny, tragic and heartwarming.

First shown in 1975, The Naked Civil Servant won John Hurt a BAFTA for Best Actor for his portrayal of Crisp and director Jack Gold won the Academy's Desmond Davies Award, for his outstanding creative contribution to television.

Special Features

Commentary With John Hurt, director Jack Gold, and executive producer Verity Lam
Seven Men: Quentin Crisp - a Granada profile from 1971
Mavis Catches Up With Quentin Crisp - An Interview From 1989
Philip Mackie's Original Script PDF