Downtown '81

Downtown '81 (2001)


  • Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
  • Release Date: 2001-07-13
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 28 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 12min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: New York Beat Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Edo Bertoglio
star 6.7/10
From 28 Ratings
6.9

Summary

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

    as Jean (archive footage)

  • Saul Williams

    as Jean's Narration (voice)

  • Anna Shroeder

    as Beatrice

  • Debbie Harry

    as Fairy Godmother

  • Giorgio Giomelsky

    as Landlord

  • Coati Mundi

    as Self

  • Debi Mazar

    as Peppermint Lounge Dancer

  • George Quinones

    as Graffiti Artist

  • Walter Steding

    as Self

  • Steven Brown

    as Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon

  • Eszter Balint

    as Self

  • Kid Creole

    as Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts

  • Fab 5 Freddy

    as Graffiti Artist

  • Arto Lindsay

    as Self

  • John Lurie

    as Self

  • Michael Holman

    as Michael

  • Ted Bafaloukos

    as Junk Dealer

  • Elliott Murphy

    as Rock Star

  • Amos Poe

    as Conversationalist at Mudd Club

  • Lee Quiñones

    as Graffiti Artist

  • Chris Stein

    as The Felons band member

  • Kool Kyle

    as Self - Rapper

  • Cookie Mueller

    as 2nd Go-Go Dancer

  • Richard Weigand

    as Doctor

  • Bradley Field

    as Studio Manager
Directing Edo Bertoglio Director
Writing Glenn O'Brien Writer
Crew Vincent Gallo Thanks
Production Maripol Producer
Camera John McNulty Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Claudia Porcelli Makeup Artist
Sound Vincent Gallo Original Music Composer
Editing Pamela French Editor
Art Maripol Art Direction
Sound Robert Maier Sound Mixer

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