About Downtown '81
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.
Movie details
- Release date
- 2001-07-13
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Music
- Rating
- 6.7/10 (31 votes)
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Director
- Edo Bertoglio
- Writer
- Glenn O'Brien
Cast
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