Downtown '81 (2001)
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Release07/13/2001
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ProductionNew York Beat Films
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Rotten tomato69%
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Original titleDowntown '81
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Original languageen
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Production Cost
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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.
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Casts
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Jean (archive footage)
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Jean's Narration (voice)
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Beatrice
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Fairy Godmother
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Landlord
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Self
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Peppermint Lounge Dancer
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Graffiti Artist
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Self
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Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon
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Self
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Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts
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Graffiti Artist
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Self
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Self
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Michael
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Junk Dealer
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Rock Star
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Conversationalist at Mudd Club
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Graffiti Artist
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The Felons band member
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Self - Rapper
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2nd Go-Go Dancer
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Doctor
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Studio Manager