Release Date
📅
Original Release
July 13, 2001
1h 12m
Downtown '81 (2001)
⭐ 6.772 min
Overview
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.
Director
Edo Bertoglio
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.6
Cast
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean (archive footage)
⭐0.7
Saul Williams
Jean's Narration (voice)
⭐1.0
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Anna Shroeder
Beatrice
⭐0.3
Debbie Harry
Fairy Godmother
⭐2.0
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Giorgio Giomelsky
Landlord
⭐0.3
Coati Mundi
Self
⭐0.7
Debi Mazar
Peppermint Lounge Dancer
⭐3.2
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George Quinones
Graffiti Artist
⭐0.4
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Walter Steding
Self
⭐0.6
Steven Brown
Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon
⭐0.3
Genres
DramaComedyMusic
Production Companies
New York Beat Films
