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Chelsea Hotel

Jan 3, 1981 · 55m
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TV Movie
Documentary

PLOT

This TV documentary shows some of the colourful residents of and people connected with the New York Chelsea Hotel. Some highlights include Andy Warhol and William Burroughs having dinner; Quentin Crisp pontificating in a blue rinse hairdo on his balcony and Nico forgetting what she is talking about halfway through a dour rendition of "Chelsea Girls". A number of lesser-known characters also appear, linked together by a tour guide walking around the building and some sub-Shining sequences of a child cycling round the landings on a rickety tricycle.

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CAST

Arthur Marks III
Self – Tour guide
Stanley Bard
Self – Manager
George Kleinsinger
Self
Quentin Crisp
Self
Virgil Thomson
Self
Larry Rivers
Self
Alphaeus Cole
Self
Jobriath Boone
Self
Directed by Nigel Finch

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Illuminations Films, BBC, BBC Arena
Country
GB

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