Warhol + 1: Basquiat

USA, 1996, 108 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Art, Biopic, Drama

Basquiat tells the story of the meteoric rise of youthful artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Starting out as a street artist, living in Thompkins Square Park in a cardboard box, Jean-Michel is "discovered" by Andy Warhol's art world and becomes a star. But success has a high price, and Basquiat pays with friendship, love, and eventually, his life.

DIRECTOR: Julian Schnabel
Principal Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe
US Distributor: Miramax

Also by this director

• 

  Miral

  France , 2010 , 106 min. 35mm presentation - From Julian Schnabel, director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls and Basquiat, comes Miral, the visceral, first-person diary of a young girl (played by Freida Pinto) growing up in East Jerusalem as she confronts the effects of occupation and war in e... more