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Downtown '81 (2001)
Directed by Edo Bertoglio
Drama, Comedy, Music · 1h 12m
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.
Cast
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean (archive footage)
Saul Williams
Jean's Narration (voice)
A
Anna Shroeder
Beatrice
Debbie Harry
Fairy Godmother
G
Giorgio Giomelsky
Landlord
Coati Mundi
Self
Debi Mazar
Peppermint Lounge Dancer
G
George Quinones
Graffiti Artist
W
Walter Steding
Self
Steven Brown
Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon
Eszter Balint
Self
Kid Creole
Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Crew
- Director
- Edo Bertoglio
- Writer
- Glenn O'Brien
- Director of Photography
- John McNulty
- Original Music Composer
- Vincent Gallo
- Editor
- Pamela French
- Producer
- Maripol
Details
- Release date
- 2001-07-13
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Japanese, Mandarin, English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- New York Beat Films