Downtown ’81
Downtown '81
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.
Cast
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Saul Williams
Anna Shroeder
Debbie Harry
Giorgio Giomelsky
Coati Mundi
Debi Mazar
George Quinones
Walter Steding
Steven Brown
Eszter Balint
Kid Creole
Fab 5 Freddy
Arto Lindsay
John Lurie
Michael Holman
Ted Bafaloukos
Elliott Murphy
Amos Poe
Lee Quiñones
Chris Stein
Kool Kyle
Cookie Mueller
Richard Weigand
Bradley Field
Crew
Edo Bertoglio
Glenn O'Brien
Vincent Gallo
Claudia Porcelli
Maripol
Maripol
Robert Maier
John McNulty
Pamela French