In 1981, a nineteen-year-old unknown graffiti writer took the New York art world by storm. The rest is art history.
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Directed byJulian Schnabel
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- August 9, 1996
- Budget
- $3,300,000
- Revenue
- $3,022,292
Eleventh Street ProductionJon Kilik ProductionsWatch the
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Jeffrey Wright
Jean Michel Basquiat
Michael Wincott
Rene Ricard
Benicio del Toro
Benny Dalmau
Claire Forlani
Gina Cardinale
David Bowie
Andy Warhol
Dennis Hopper
Bruno Bischofberger
Gary Oldman
Albert Milo
Christopher Walken
The Interviewer
Willem Dafoe
The Electrician
Jean-Claude La Marre
Shenge
- Directed by
- Julian Schnabel
- Written by
- Lech Majewski
Julian Schnabel - Produced by
- Randy OstrowSigurjón Sighvatsson
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