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Downtown '81(Movie, 2001)

1h 12min | Genres: Drama, Comedy, Music
Downtown '81Rating: 3.5/5 (with 1111 votes)
Downtown 81 is a 2000 American film that was shot in 1980-1981. The film was directed by Edo Bertoglio and written and produced by Glenn O'Brien and Patrick Montgomery, with post-production in 1999-2000 by Glenn O'Brien and Maripol. It is a rare real-life snapshot of an ultra-hip subculture of post-punk era Manhattan. Starring renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and featuring such East Village artists as James Chance, Amos Poe, Walter Steding, Tav Falco and Elliott Murphy, the film is a bizarre elliptical urban fairy tale. In 1999, Michael Zilkha, founder of ZE Records (the label of several of the film's artists), became the film's executive producer. ()
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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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 5 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 07/13/2001
Cast: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Tom Baker, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Fab Five Freddy, Vincent Gallo, Debbie Harry, Arto Lindsay, John Lurie, Clem Burke, Elliott Murphy, Eszter Balint, Giorgio Gomelsky, James Chance, Jimmy Destri, Marshall Chess, Olivier Mosset, Saul Williams, Tav Falco, Tim Wright, Tom Baker, Andrew Lloyd
Director: Edo Bertoglio
Producer: Glenn O'Brien, Maripol
Screenwriter: Glenn O'Brien
Film Editor: Pam French
Composer: Vincent Gallo
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Downtown 81"
"Jean-Michel Basquiat in Downtown '81"
"Ударный Нью-Йоркский фильм"
"Downtown 81"
"Glenn O'Brien's New York Beat Movie"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:93660, Added: 03/18/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024