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Basquiat (1996)

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Directed by
Julian Schnabel

Written by
Lech Majewski, John F. Bowe

Cast
Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani, David Bowie [more]


Release Date
• USA: Aug 9, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 3, 2002
• R2: 30 Jun 2003

MPAA Rating
Rated R for drug use and strong language.

Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes

Country USA

Production Companies
Eleventh Street Production, Jon Kilik, Miramax Films

Studio Eleventh Street Productions, Guild, Miramax, Peter Brant-Joseph Allen

More info on IMDb.com

Other Titles
• Build a Fort, Set It on Fire



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 Quotes from Basquiat (1996)
1
Rene Ricard: When I speak nobody believes me, but when I write it down everybody knows it to be true.

  60% (79 votes)
2
Rene: What's your name?
Basquiat: Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Rene: Oh my God, you sound famous already!

  58.271604938272% (81 votes)
3
The Electrician: I'll be forty in July, and I'm glad I never got recognition. It gives me time to develop.

  61.842105263158% (76 votes)
4
Benny Dalmau: What would you do if I kissed ya?
Gina Cardinale: You're out of your mind Benny. You should take more drugs.

  60% (78 votes)
5
Big Pink: Oh! How can I ever thank you?
Basquiat: Can I squeeze your titties?

  62.388059701493% (67 votes)
6
Rene Ricard: We're no longer collecting art; we're buying people.

  
7
[Basquiat's first agent on his paintings]
Annina Nosei: This is the true voice of the gutter.

  
8
Albert Milo: Good conversation is hard to find in this town.

  
9
Albert Milo: You know, your audience isn't even born yet.

  
10
Rene: That's $2000 and he's from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, suck my pussy, you star!

  
11
Henry: He used to, Nixon used to have a room at the Waldorf Astoria, but then he moved to Saddle River, New Jersey.
Jack Schnabel: Saddle River's in New York.
Andy Warhol: I think it's in New Jersey.
Jack Schnabel: New York.
Andy: It's... it's in New Jersey.
Jack: Saddle River's in New York!

  
12
Basquiat: How long does it take to get famous?
Benny Dalmau: Four years. Six to get rich.

  
13
Basquiat: Whoa! Warhol!
Benny Dalmau: That's Andy Warhol...
[pause]
Benny Dalmau: He's a fuckin' homo.

  
14
Basquiat: Ah, piss paint!
Andy Warhol: Not piss paint, Jean, oxidation art!
Basquiat: Ya, I hate cleaning brushes too.

  
15
Basquiat: I gotta get out of New York...
Andy Warhol: Hey, we could go to Pittsburgh! I kinda grew up there. They have this room with all the world's famous statues in it, so you don't even have to go to Europe any more... just go to Pittsburgh

  


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