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Downtown '81

2001 · Edo Bertoglio · 72 min

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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.

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6.7/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database32 votesTMDB
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean (archive footage)Saul WilliamsJean's Narration (voice)AAnna ShroederBeatriceDebbie HarryFairy GodmotherGGiorgio GiomelskyLandlordCoati MundiSelfDebi MazarPeppermint Lounge DancerGGeorge QuinonesGraffiti ArtistWWalter StedingSelfSteven BrownSelf - Vocals, TuxedomoonEszter BalintSelfKid CreoleSelf - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The CoconutsFab 5 FreddyGraffiti ArtistArto LindsaySelfJohn LurieSelf

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Jean-Michel BasquiatJean (archive footage)Saul WilliamsJean's Narration (voice)AAnna ShroederBeatriceDebbie HarryFairy GodmotherGGiorgio GiomelskyLandlordCoati MundiSelfDebi MazarPeppermint Lounge DancerGGeorge QuinonesGraffiti ArtistWWalter StedingSelfSteven BrownSelf - Vocals, TuxedomoonEszter BalintSelfKid CreoleSelf - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The CoconutsFab 5 FreddyGraffiti ArtistArto LindsaySelfJohn LurieSelf

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