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  1. 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.

  2. Aug 9, 1996 · Basquiat: Directed by Julian Schnabel. With Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani. The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

    • (22K)
    • Biography, Drama
    • Julian Schnabel
    • 1996-08-09
  3. Aug 16, 1996 · Roger Ebert praises Julian Schnabel's debut film as a poetic and confident portrait of the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who rose from homelessness to fame in the New York art scene. He explores Basquiat's artistic vision, his friendship with Andy Warhol, his struggles with drugs and his family history.

  4. Sep 28, 2011 · This film biography chronicles the progression of Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) and his progression from living in cardboard boxes to penthouses, his romances, his drug use, and his death in 1988...

    • 3 min
    • 459K
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  5. Despite living a life of extreme poverty in Brooklyn, graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) strives to rise up through the heady New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s.

    • (30)
    • Julian Schnabel
    • R
    • Jeffrey Wright
  6. In Julian Schnabel's BASQUIAT, the life and art of Jean-Michel Basquiat-one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century-is brought to vivid and poigna...

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  8. Jeffrey Wright (HBO's Boycott) stars in this portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the troubled but talented New York artist who soared from living in a box in Tompkins Square Park to dazzling the downtown art scene with his inventive paintings.

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