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.
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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
Pamela French
Editor
Maripol
Producer / Art Direction
John McNulty
Director of Photography
Claudia Porcelli
Makeup Artist
Robert Maier
Sound Mixer
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
art
anarchic comedy
gay interest
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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