
“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.
Release Date: 8/9/1996
Runtime: 107 minutes
Languages: English, Spanish
Director: Julian Schnabel
Budget: $3.3M
Revenue: $3.0M
Companies: Eleventh Street Production, Jon Kilik Productions, Miramax
Countries: United States of America

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

Parker Posey
Mary Boone

Elina Löwensohn
Annina Nosei
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