This dramatization of Quentin's first volume of autobiography won BAFTAs for its director Jack Gold and its star. John Hurt gives a dazzling performance as the young Quentin, a flame-haired flamboyant homosexual when such things were not permitted. It contains much of the wit and wisdom of Quentin and celebrates a life lived in a refusal to conform. The highlight is Quentin's impassioned speech from the dock when charged with soliciting for an immoral purpose.

Plus an interview with Bernard Braden filmed in 1967. Previously unseen this colour interview shows Quentin before he became famous.

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Uncle Denis?

Filmmaker Adrian Goycoolea reflects on his great-uncle Quentin Crisp's relationship to the idea of family and his family's relationship to the idea of Quentin Crisp. Includes home movies, family photographs and interviews with relatives.