Basquiat (film)
1996 American film by Julian Schnabel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Basquiat is a 1996 American biographical drama film directed, written and co-composed by Julian Schnabel in his feature directorial debut. The film is based on the life of American postmodernist/neo expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is the first film about an American painter written and directed by another artist.[3]
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Directed by | Julian Schnabel |
Screenplay by | Julian Schnabel |
Story by | Lech Majewski |
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Cinematography | Ron Fortunato |
Edited by | Michael Berenbaum |
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Production company | Eleventh Street Productions |
Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Running time | 106 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
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Budget | $3.3 million |
Box office | $3 million[2] |
Jeffrey Wright portrays Basquiat, a Brooklyn-born artist who used his graffiti roots as a foundation to create collage-style paintings on canvas. David Bowie plays Basquiat's friend and mentor, pop artist Andy Warhol. Additional cast members include Gary Oldman as a character based on Schnabel, Michael Wincott as the poet and art critic Rene Ricard, Dennis Hopper as Bruno Bischofberger, Parker Posey as gallery owner Mary Boone, and Claire Forlani, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Courtney Love, Tatum O'Neal, and Benicio del Toro in supporting roles as "composite characters".