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Downtown '81 is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 13 july 2001 with Tom Baker
Downtown '81 (2003)
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Add to a movie listDowntown 81 (a.k.a. New York Beat Movie) is a film that was shot in 1980-1981.
This film, directed by Edo Bertoglio, written and produced by Glenn O'Brien with post-production in 1999-2000 by Maripol, is a rare real-life snapshot of ultra-hip subculture of post-punk era Manhattan. Starring renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and featuring such Village artists as James Chance, Amos Poe, Walter Steding, and Tav Falco, the film is a bizarre elliptical urban fairytale. In 1999, Michael Zilkha, founder of ZE records (the label of several of the film's artists), became the film's executive producer.
Synopsis
The film opens with Jean (Basquiat) in the hospital with an undisclosed ailment. After checking out, he happens upon an enigmatic woman, Beatrice (Anna Schroeder), who drives around in a convertible. He arrives at his apartment only to discover that his landlord, played by former Yardbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky, is evicting him.Actors
Tom Baker
(Patron du Go-Go Bar)
Tom Baker
Cookie Mueller
(2nd Go-Go Dancer)
Eszter Bálint
(Self)
Debi Mazar
(Peppermint Lounge Dancer)
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