(0 votes, average: 0.00/10)- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical
- Release: 2001-03-14
- Director: Edo Bertoglio
- Writers: Glenn O’Brien
- Language: English
- Stars: Richard Weigand , Cyndy Schneidau , Millie Schneidau , Steven Z. Soszynski , Anna Schroeder , Giorgio Gomelsky , Ted Bafaloukos , Bobby Grossman
- Runtime: 72 min
- Awards: 3 nominations
- AKA: Downtown 81 , Jean-Michel Basquiat in Downtown '81 (France, French Republic) , Ритм большого города (Russian Federation) , Downtown 81 (United Kingdom) , Downtown 81 (United States of America) , Glenn O'Brien's New York Beat Movie (United States of America) , DOWNTOWN81 (Japan) , New York Beat (United States of America)
- 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. He finally manages to sell his painting to a wealthy female admirer, but he's paid by check. Low on cash, he spends the evening wandering from club to club, looking for a beautiful girl he had met earlier, so he'll have a place to spend the night. Downtown 81 not only captures one of the most interesting and lively artists of the twentieth century as he is poised for fame, but it is a slice of life from one of the most exciting periods in American culture, with the emergence of new wave music, new painting, hip hop and graffiti.
- IMDB:tt0208993
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Downtown 81 Cast · · · ALL
Edo Bertoglio
Director
Jean Michel Basquiat
Jean (archive footage)
Saul Williams
Jean's Narration (voice)
Debbie Harry
Fairy Godmother
Coati Mundi
Self
Debi Mazar
Peppermint Lounge Dancer
Walter Steding
Self
Steven Brown
Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon
Eszter Balint
Self
Kid Creole
August Darnell
Fab 5 Freddy
Graffiti Artist
Arto Lindsay
Self
John Lurie
Self
Michael Holman
Michael
Ted Bafaloukos
Junk Dealer
Amos Poe
Conversationalist at Mudd Club
Cookie Mueller
2nd Go-Go Dancer
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