![Downtown '81](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//l6LAf2uXdLAjiKr98uNHK8CDDL9.jpg)
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Downtown '81
1 hour 12 minutes2001-07-13
6.9
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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.
Cast
![Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AfDR2CPgSNM0fdBA7Kzz5ZY2LM7.jpg)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean (archive footage)
![Saul Williams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5VQZl7h6jVyx6hSttUZwtYBVrYy.jpg)
Saul Williams
Jean's Narration (voice)
![Anna Shroeder](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Anna Shroeder
Beatrice
![Debbie Harry](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//reqwsCzLcEBgzZ9uerQx3mD1fGy.jpg)
Debbie Harry
Fairy Godmother
![Giorgio Giomelsky](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Giorgio Giomelsky
Landlord
![Coati Mundi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yEKCYlbLCmd1D856wvmK1ATs6AG.jpg)
Coati Mundi
Self
![Debi Mazar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cU3LhqOjXzOqpGCSDFj5otlZreu.jpg)
Debi Mazar
Peppermint Lounge Dancer
![George Quinones](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
George Quinones
Graffiti Artist
![Walter Steding](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Walter Steding
Self
![Steven Brown](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//86RsXlB3Uk44AtDvwpkxXzljbsD.jpg)
Steven Brown
Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon
![Eszter Balint](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//t6Ccn2zEjalx4zKnuCFTnt5mvmO.jpg)
Eszter Balint
Self
![Kid Creole](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kSt44H9oJJG6QgQc4KRIWlv5lMm.jpg)
Kid Creole
August Darnell
![Fab 5 Freddy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//c1V8OWCV7OjJI64WWlTB5xDbDAm.jpg)
Fab 5 Freddy
Graffiti Artist
![Arto Lindsay](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//epAaS0vghcrXbpdux5ReLNpQjpl.jpg)
Arto Lindsay
Self
![John Lurie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ePnMEUo9cH3sku26gi2sJroTZFM.jpg)
John Lurie
Self
![Michael Holman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//z3XiIPnL1uaBVtMUFnSgJHaVJMj.jpg)
Michael Holman
Michael
![Ted Bafaloukos](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ted Bafaloukos
Junk Dealer
![Elliott Murphy](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Elliott Murphy
Rock Star
![Amos Poe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zQtuMaTItvH535CEBbeiaphjcK7.jpg)
Amos Poe
Conversationalist at Mudd Club
![Lee Quiñones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//a4KL7BPPr2lgCM7USZeiyWizgz4.jpg)
Lee Quiñones
Graffiti Artist
![Chris Stein](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rmu3ZHUw2DALxPrY6YttSfq33Ce.jpg)
Chris Stein
The Felons band member
![Kool Kyle](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kool Kyle
Self - Rapper
![Cookie Mueller](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//skmz2KZY8OYtV92nltVcVldwxn9.jpg)
Cookie Mueller
2nd Go-Go Dancer
![Richard Weigand](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Richard Weigand
Doctor
![Bradley Field](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)