Title Basquiat Overview Director Julian Schnabel illustrates the portrait of his friend, the first Afro-American Pop Art artist Jean Michel Basquiat who unfortunately died at a young age and just as he was beginning to make a name for himself in the art world. Along side the biography of Basquiat are the artists and the art scene from the early 1980’s New York. Tagline In 1981, A Nineteen-Year-Old Unknown Graffiti Writer Took The New York Art World By Storm. The Rest Is Art History. Genres Drama, History Keywords new york, sex, drug abuse, homeless person, new love, drug addiction, overdose, graffiti, street art, vernissage, exhibit, friendship, independent film, drug, celebration Production Companies Miramax, Eleventh Street Production, Jon Kilik Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English, Español Original Language en Runtime minutes 108 Release Year 1996
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 3 million USD