Downtown '81 (2001)

Name: Downtown '81
Director: Edo Bertoglio
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Released: 2001
Duration: 1 h 12 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Anna Shroeder, Arto Lindsay, Coati Mundi, Debbie Harry, Debi Mazar

Comedy Drama Music

6.7 (32 votes)

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.

Details

Director: Edo Bertoglio
Writer: Glenn O'Brien
Original Language: English
Budget: N/A

Cast

Anna Shroeder Arto Lindsay Coati Mundi Debbie Harry Debi Mazar Eszter Balint Fab 5 Freddy George Quinones Giorgio Giomelsky Jean-Michel Basquiat John Lurie Kid Creole Saul Williams Steven Brown Walter Steding