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Jeffrey Wright is superb in this biopic as Jean-Michel Basquiat, the artist who rose from homelessness to fame and fortune, only to die of a drug overdose at age 27. Writer-director Julian Schnabel, who is also an artist, vividly re-creates the 1980s New York art scene from firsthand experience.
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Basquiat (1996)
107 min
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

Basquiat (1996)
107 min
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.