Basquiat (1996)

Cast:

Gary Oldman,
Willem Dafoe,
Sam Rockwell,
Christopher Walken,
Benicio Del Toro,
Dennis Hopper,
Jeffrey Wright,
Parker Posey,
Claire Forlani,
Tatum O'Neal,
Michael Wincott,
Courtney Love,
Vincent Gallo,
David Bowie,
Leonard Jackson,
Stella Schnabel,
Jean-Claude La Marre,
Francis Dumaurier,
Chuck Pfeiffer,
Michael Badalucco,
Rene Rivera,
Paul Bartel,
Vincent Laresca,
Fred Weller,
Richard E. Butler,
Jack Schnabel,
Peter McGough,
Tarmo Urb,
Denise Burse,
Robert Alexander,
Vladamir Parenago,
Irene Kiss,
Steven Randazzo,
David Shelley,
Hope Clarke,
William Seymour,
Joe Glasco,
Julie Araskog,
Thomas Urb,
Brian Wright,
Ron Brice,
Rockets Redglare,
Jennifer Miro,
Linda Larkin,
Joseph R. Gannascoli,
José Luis Ferrer,
Nemo,
Olatz López Garmendia,
Melody Krell,
Richard the Ox,
Michael Chow,
Elina Löwensohn,
Esther G. Schnabel,
Paul Outlaw,
Lola Schnabel,
David McDermott,
Steven Parenago

Director:

Julian Schnabel

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description:

Basquiat is a 1996 biopic/drama film directed by fellow painter Julian Schnabel which is based on the life of American postmodernist/neo expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Basquiat, born in Brooklyn, used his graffiti roots as a foundation to create collage-style paintings on canvas. Jeffrey Wright portrays Basquiat, and David Bowie plays Basquiat's friend and mentor Andy Warhol. Additional cast include Gary Oldman as a thinly disguised Schnabel, Michael Wincott as the poet and art critic Rene Ricard; Dennis Hopper as Bruno Bischofberger; Parker Posey as gallery owner Mary Boone; Claire Forlani, Courtney Love, Tatum O'Neal and Benicio del Toro in supporting roles as "composite characters". The film was written by Michael Holman and Schnabel while Lech J. Majewski and John F. Bowe each receives a story credit and Michael Thomas Holman receives a story development credit.