Basquiat

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1. #001

   Because Jean-Michel Basquiat's estate would not permit the use of his works, director Julian Schnabel painted the reproductions used throughout the film himself.

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2. #002

   Benicio Del Toro wanted the role in the film so badly that he auditioned for it but offered the producers the option of not paying him for his part.

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3. #003

   In the film, David Bowie was adorned with the actual wigs worn by the real Andy Warhol.

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4. #004

   Sir Gary Oldman's character Albert Milo was not a real person but was in fact an ironic portrait of writer/director Julian Schnabel. Milo's daughter Stella is played by Schnabel's real-life daughter, Stella Schnabel.

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5. #005

   Near the end of the film, Albert Milo (Sir Gary Oldman) shows Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) one of his paintings and tells him he made it for a friend who died. "JMB AUG 12" appears in white letters in the upper right corner. These are Jean-Michel Basquiat's initials and date of death.

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6. #006

   Dennis Hopper plays Bruno Bischofberger, the art dealer and very close friend of Andy Warhol who exhibited Warhol's works in his gallery, in this film. The real Warhol directed Hopper in Screen Test: Dennis Hopper (1964).

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7. #007

   Some of the footage Basquiat watches in the old 8 mm film consists of segments of scenes that would later become Andy Warhol's Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (1982).

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8. #008

   The film that Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) and Benny (Benicio Del Toro) watch in Benny's apartment is Metropolis (1927).

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9. #009

   Rockets Redglare essentially played himself in this film. He worked as Jean-Michel Basquiat's bodyguard and is sometimes described as his drug dealer.

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10. #010

    The film's cast includes five Oscar winners: Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Tatum O'Neal, Sam Rockwell and Benicio Del Toro; and three Oscar nominees: Jeffrey Wright, Willem Dafoe and Dennis Hopper.

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11. #011

    Fairuza Balk was originally cast in the film but had to leave due to scheduling conflicts with The Craft (1996).

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12. #012

    The music video Benny shows Basquiat is a clip from the short film Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ (1981), directed by Michael Holman.

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13. #013

    Jeffrey Wright and Gary Oldman both played Commissioner Gordon in a Batman film.

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14. #014

    David Bowie and Sir Gary Oldman both played Pontius Pilate. Bowie played him in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Oldman played him in Jesus (1999).

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15. #015

    Dennis Hopper and Willem Dafoe both played villains in the Speed films. Hopper played the main villain Howard Payne in Speed (1994), while Dafoe played the main villain John Geiger in Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997).

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