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Homeless Person | New York City
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Best Supporting Male | 1997 | Benicio del
1996 | Julian
Best Debut Performance | 1997 | Jeffrey
Expos | 1997
Budget 2,962,051 USD
Box Office Collection 3,011,195 USD
The estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat refused to allow his works to be used, so the director, Julian Schnabel, personally painted the reproductions which are used throughout the film.
Benicio Del Toro wanted to appear in the movie so much, he did the movie for scale, but offered the producers the chance to not pay him for his role.
In the film, David Bowie is adorned in the actual wigs worn by the real Andy Warhol.
Gary Oldman's character, Albert Milo, wasn't a real person, but is actually an ironic self-portrayal of writer/director Julian Schnabel. Milo's daughter Stella is played by Schnabel's real-life daughter Stella Schnabel.
Near the end of the movie, Albert Milo (Gary Oldman) shows Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) one of his paintings and tells him that he painted it for a friend who died. "JMB AUG 12" appears in white letters in the upper right corner. Those are Jean Michel Basquiat's initials and the date of his death.
"The Electrician: I'll be forty in July, and I'm glad I never got recognition. It gives me time to develop."
"Rene: What is it about art anyway that we give it so much importance? Artists are respected by the poor because what they do is an honest way to get out of the slum using one's sheer self as the medium. The money earned, proof, pure and simple, of the value of that individual, the artist. The picture a mother's son does in jail hangs on her wall as proof that beauty is possible even in the most wretched. And this is a much different idea than fancier notion that art is a scam and a ripoff. But you can never explain to someone who uses God's gift to enslave, that you have used God's gift to be free."
