The Naked Civil Servant (film)

The Naked Civil Servant
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Based on	The Naked Civil Servant
Screenplay by	Philip Mackie
Directed by	Jack Gold
Starring	John Hurt
Music by	Carl Davis
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Verity Lambert
Producer	Barry Hanson
Cinematography	Mike Fash
Editor	Mike Taylor
Running time	77 minutes
Production company	Euston Films for Thames
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	17 December 1975 (1975-12-17)
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The Naked Civil Servant is a 1975 made-for-television biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jack Gold and produced by Verity Lambert. It was adapted for film by Philip Mackie, based on Quentin Crisp's 1968 book of the same name. The movie stars John Hurt, Patricia Hodge and John Rhys-Davies. It was produced by Thames Television and originally broadcast on 17 December 1975 on the British channel ITV. In 1976, it was shown on the US channel WOR and later PBS when Thames Television and WOR exchanged programming for one week. For his performance, Hurt won the BAFTA for Best Actor in 1976 and the production also won the 1976 Prix Italia. The title of the book and the film is derived from Crisp's time working as a nude model in a government-funded art school.^[1][2]

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.^[3][1]