Downtown '81
6.7
32 votes
July 13, 2001
1h 12m
Overview
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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Cast
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean (archive footage)
Saul Williams
Jean's Narration (voice)Anna Shroeder
Beatrice
Debbie Harry
Fairy GodmotherGiorgio Giomelsky
Landlord
Coati Mundi
Self
Debi Mazar
Peppermint Lounge DancerGeorge Quinones
Graffiti ArtistWalter Steding
Self
Steven Brown
Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon
Eszter Balint
Self
Kid Creole
Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Fab 5 Freddy
Graffiti Artist
Arto Lindsay
Self
John Lurie
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