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Downtown '81

6.5 72 mins Drama   Comedy   Music   2001
New York Beat Films  
Director(s): Edo Bertoglio

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.

Casts of Downtown '81

Jean-Michel Basquiat

as Jean (archive footage)

Saul Williams

as Jean's Narration (voice)

Anna Shroeder

as Beatrice

Debbie Harry

as Fairy Godmother

Giorgio Giomelsky

as Landlord

Coati Mundi

as Self

Debi Mazar

as Peppermint Lounge Dancer

George Quinones

as Graffiti Artist

Walter Steding

as Self

Steven Brown

as Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon

Eszter Balint

as Self

Kid Creole

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

Fab 5 Freddy

as Graffiti Artist

Arto Lindsay

as Self

John Lurie

as Self

Michael Holman

as Michael

Ted Bafaloukos

as Junk Dealer

Elliott Murphy

as Rock Star

Amos Poe

as Conversationalist at Mudd Club

Lee Quiñones

as Graffiti Artist

Chris Stein

as The Felons band member

Kool Kyle

as Self - Rapper

Cookie Mueller

as 2nd Go-Go Dancer

Richard Weigand

as Doctor

Bradley Field

as Studio Manager

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