Downtown '81 (2001)
1h 12m
Running Time
July 13, 2001Release Date
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.








Currently Downtown '81 is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean (archive footage)

Saul Williams
Jean's Narration (voice)

Anna Shroeder
Beatrice

Debbie Harry
Fairy Godmother

Cyndy Schneidau
Nurse

Giorgio Giomelsky
Landlord

Coati Mundi
Self

Debi Mazar
Peppermint Lounge Dancer

George Quinones
Graffiti Artist

Giorgio Gomelsky
Landlord

Walter Steding
Self

Steven Brown
Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon

Eszter Balint
Self

Edo Bertoglio
Director

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

Fab 5 Freddy
Graffiti Artist

Arto Lindsay
Self

John Lurie
Self

Michael Holman
Michael

Ted Bafaloukos
Junk Dealer

Elliott Murphy
Rock Star

Amos Poe
Conversationalist at Mudd Club

Lee Quiñones
Graffiti Artist

Chris Stein
The Felons band member

Kool Kyle
Self - Rapper

Cookie Mueller
2nd Go-Go Dancer

Richard Weigand
Doctor

Bradley Field
Studio Manager

Edo Bertoglio
Director

Glenn O'Brien
Writer

Vincent Gallo
Thanks / Original Music Composer

Maripol
Producer / Art Direction

John McNulty
Director of Photography

Claudia Porcelli
Makeup Artist

Pamela French
Editor

Robert Maier
Sound Mixer
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
art
anarchic comedy
gay artist
Wiki.
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. It is a rare real-life snapshot of an ultra-hip subculture of post-punk era Manhattan. Starring renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and featuring such East Village artists as James Chance, Amos Poe, Walter Steding, Tav Falco and Elliott Murphy, the film is a bizarre elliptical urban fairy tale. In 1999, Michael Zilkha, founder of ZE Records (the label of several of the film's artists), became the film's executive producer.
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