Downtown '81 (2001)

Downtown '81
5.3
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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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Cast

Debi Mazar
as Peppermint Lounge Dancer
Debbie Harry
as Fairy Godmother
John Lurie
as Self
Eszter Balint
as Self
Arto Lindsay
as Self
Saul Williams
as Jean's Narration (voice)
Cookie Mueller
as 2nd Go-Go Dancer
Coati Mundi
as Self
Michael Holman
as Michael
Fab 5 Freddy
as Graffiti Artist
Amos Poe
as Conversationalist at Mudd Club
Jean-Michel Basquiat
as Jean (archive footage)
Kid Creole
as Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Lee Quiñones
as Graffiti Artist
Chris Stein
as The Felons band member
Steven Brown
as Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon

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