Basquiat
Director Julian Schnabel illustrates the portrait of his friend, the first Afro-American Pop Art artist Jean Michel Basquiat who unfortunately died at a young age and just as he was beginning to make a name for himself in the art world. Along side the biography of Basquiat are the artists and the art scene from the early 1980’s New York.
Drama, History
Miramax, Eleventh Street Production, Jon Kilik
Jeffrey Wright as Jean Michel Basquiat, David Bowie as Andy Warhol, Dennis Hopper as Bruno Bischofberger, Gary Oldman as Albert Milo, Benicio del Toro as Benny Dalmau, Claire Forlani as Gina Cardinale, Michael Wincott as Rene Ricard, Parker Posey as Mary Boone, Courtney Love as Big Pink, Tatum O'Neal as Cynthia Kruger, Christopher Walken as The Interviewer, Willem Dafoe as The Electrician, Sam Rockwell as Thug, Jean-Claude La Marre as Shenge, Hope Clarke as Matilde Basquiat, Rockets Redglare as Rockets, Elina Löwensohn as Annina Nosei, Paul Bartel as Henry Geldzahler, Joseph R. Gannascoli as Guard at Hospital, Michael Badalucco as Counterman at Deli