Downtown 81
2000 ‧ Indie film/Music ‧ 1h 12m
"Downtown 81" is a feature film starring the legendary American artist Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-1988.) Basquiat was a 19 year old painter, graffiti artist, poet and musician when he played the lead in this film, which vividly depicts the...
Release date: July 13, 2001 (USA)
Director: Edo Bertoglio
Starring: Jean-Michel Basquiat; Anne Carlisle
Music by: Vincent Gallo
Distributed by: Netflix
Downtown 81 is a 2000 American film that was shot in 1980-1981. ... The film was directed by Edo Bertoglio and written and produced by Glenn O'Brien and Patrick ...
Release date: October 5, 2000
Directed by: Edo Bertoglio
Music by: Vincent Gallo
Starring: Jean-Michel Basquiat; Anne Carlisle
Directed by: Edo Bertoglio
Music by: Vincent Gallo
Starring: Jean-Michel Basquiat; Anne Carlisle
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After being released from the hospital, the artist Jean Michel Basquiat wanders around Manhattan trying to sell art to make money and find a place to stay.
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What was the movie downtown 81 about?
"Downtown 81" is a feature film starring the legendary American artist Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-1988.) Basquiat was a 19 year old painter, graffiti artist, poet and musician when he played the lead in this film, which vividly depicts the explosive downtown New York art and music scene of 1980-81.
Downtown 81 / Film synopsis
When was Downtown 81 filmed?
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Downtown 81 is a 2000 American film that was shot in 1980-1981. The film was directed by Edo Bertoglio and written and produced by Glenn O'Brien and Patrick Montgomery, with post-production in 1999-2000 by Glenn O'Brien and Maripol.
What did Basquiat died from?
Basquiat, who was of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, died of an accidental drug overdose in 1988 at just 27 years old, but not before creating a collection of some 600 paintings and 1,500 drawings that still excite and inspire the public imagination and young artists to this day.
Is Basquiat on Netflix?
Rent Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2009) on DVD and Blu-ray - DVD Netflix.
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Completed and theatrically released two decades later, it's the story of a charismatic artist who attempts to sell a painting amidst the rappers, junkies, ...
Genre: Music Videos & Concerts
Format: Dolby, NTSC, Color, Full Screen
Format: Dolby, NTSC, Color, Full Screen
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"Downtown 81" is a feature film starring the legendary American artist Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-1988.) Basquiat was a 19 year old painter, graffiti artist ...
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 10, 2002
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2001 wide
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2001 wide
Nov 6, 2019 · Basquiat, the much-praised artist who was 27 when he passed away, was given his first art supplies by the production team of Downtown 81, the ...
Left incomplete due to money problems and assembled for release in 2000, Downtown 81, which follows Basquiat trying to move a painting while hustling for a ...
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· Review by Michael Joshua Rowin
Oct 20, 2019 · The real New York of 1981 is the setting and subject for Downtown 81, a low-budget time capsule of bohemian Manhattan that distorts its ...
Starring the legendary American painter, graffiti artist, poet and musician Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Downtown 81 is both a post-modernist fairytale ...
Oct 25, 2019 · A Basquiat-starring time capsule from one of the city's coolest eras is re-released at the perfect moment. ... Downtown 81, a movie summed up ...
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