Downtown '81 (2001)
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.
- Date of release
- 2001-07-13
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Music
- Director
- Edo Bertoglio
Casting
- Jean-Michel Basquiat — Jean (archive footage)
- Saul Williams — Jean's Narration (voice)
- Anna Shroeder — Beatrice
- Debbie Harry — Fairy Godmother
- Giorgio Giomelsky — Landlord
- Coati Mundi — Self
- Debi Mazar — Peppermint Lounge Dancer
- George Quinones — Graffiti Artist
- Walter Steding — Self
- Steven Brown — Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon
- Eszter Balint — Self
- Kid Creole — Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Recommended
- 10,000 Saints 2015 · ★ 6.0
- CQ 2001 · ★ 5.9
- One Chance 2013 · ★ 6.7
- Beats 2019 · ★ 6.7
- Don't Think Twice 2016 · ★ 6.4
- Love Happy 1949 · ★ 5.8
- Standing Up, Falling Down 2020 · ★ 6.3
- Clika 2026 · ★ 8.3
- Almost Friends 2017 · ★ 6.3
- Not Okay 2022 · ★ 6.2
- Chloe and Theo 2015 · ★ 5.9
- Saturday Night 2024 · ★ 6.7