Downtown '81
2001 · 72 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 1,687 VOTES · DIR. Edo Bertoglio
Overview
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.
Dialogue Timeline — 634 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:43 Fairy tales can come true
00:02:33 Dangerous
00:04:49 If you can make it there...
00:07:02 - Can I offer you a lift downtown?
00:08:34 But I guess that's what artists were supposed to do
00:10:30 - What do you think I am? David Rockefeller...
00:12:05 - See you around. - You know where I'm at.
00:15:31 - Hey, Hardest! - Making a delivery?
00:17:54 I would like to be a pillar of strength in my community
00:19:34 - He is so beautiful, so intelligent, so humorous, he is divine!!
00:22:44 - I get to the club hours early so to my fans...
00:24:46 - And a few smart people notice and make you an offer.
00:27:14 - It's good to see you again Mrs. Cavalconti.
00:28:44 - You know what I should do?
00:30:56 - Follow that van! - I need a destination.
00:35:34 - You'd have more fun!
00:37:32 - The end of civilization. is it!?
00:39:20 - Ah, Onaji (the same)!
00:42:53 But I told her my problems
00:47:51 - Man... you saved me!
00:56:35 I actually though about bounding back
01:00:18 - It was crowded.
01:03:04 - I really can't thank you enough for getting me out of that mess.
42:02:06 including legal.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed634
Dialogue density8.8 lines / min
First line00:00:43
Final line42:02:06
Production Record
DirectorEdo Bertoglio
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,687