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Downtown '81
(2001)

1h 12m

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Drama
Comedy
Music

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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  • Jean-Michel Basquiat image

    Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Jean (archive footage)

  • Saul Williams image

    Saul Williams

    Jean's Narration (voice)

  • Anna Shroeder

    Beatrice

  • Debbie Harry image

    Debbie Harry

    Fairy Godmother

  • Giorgio Giomelsky

    Landlord

  • Coati Mundi image

    Coati Mundi

    Self

  • Debi Mazar image

    Debi Mazar

    Peppermint Lounge Dancer

  • George Quinones

    Graffiti Artist

  • Walter Steding

    Self

  • Steven Brown image

    Steven Brown

    Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon

  • Eszter Balint image

    Eszter Balint

    Self

  • Kid Creole image

    Kid Creole

    Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts

  • Fab 5 Freddy image

    Fab 5 Freddy

    Graffiti Artist

  • Arto Lindsay image

    Arto Lindsay

    Self

  • John Lurie image

    John Lurie

    Self

  • Michael Holman image

    Michael Holman

    Michael

  • Ted Bafaloukos

    Junk Dealer

  • Elliott Murphy

    Rock Star

  • Amos Poe image

    Amos Poe

    Conversationalist at Mudd Club

  • Lee QuiƱones image

    Lee QuiƱones

    Graffiti Artist

  • Chris Stein image

    Chris Stein

    The Felons band member

  • Kool Kyle

    Self - Rapper

  • Cookie Mueller image

    Cookie Mueller

    2nd Go-Go Dancer

  • Richard Weigand

    Doctor

  • Bradley Field

    Studio Manager

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