Synopsis
The films follows Basquiat’s life pre-fame and how New York City, the times, the people and the movements surrounding him formed the artist he became. Using never-before-seen works, writings and photographs, director Sara Driver, who was part of the New York arts scene herself, worked closely and collaboratively with friends and other artists who emerged from that period: Jim Jarmusch, James Nares, Fab Five Freddy, Glenn O’Brien, Kenny Scharf, Lee Quinones, Patricia Field, Luc Sante and many others. Drawing upon their memories and anecdotes, the film also uses period film footage, music and images to visually re-recreate the era, drawing a portrait of Jean-Michel and Downtown New York City -pre AIDS, President Reagan, the real estate and art booms—before anyone was motivated by money and ambition. The definition of fame, success and power were very different than today—to be a penniless but published poet was the height of success, until everything changed in the early 1980s. This is New York City’s story before that change.
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Movie Details
| Portugal Releases: |
September 14th, 2018 (Wide), released as Boom for Real: A Adolescência Tardia de Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| Video Release: |
August 21st, 2018 by Magnolia Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated * |
| Running Time: |
78 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Biography, 1970s, 1980s, Artists, Graffitti Artists, Set in New York City, Set in New York, Set in Manhattan |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production Countries: |
United States |
| Languages: |
English |
August 20th, 2018
It’s a good week on the home market as we not only have a monster hit that is worth being a Pick of the Week contender, Deadpool 2, we have a wide selection of other contenders. This includes a limited release, First Reformed; an Anime title,Sakura Quest: Part Two; as well as a TV on DVD release, Ash vs. Evil Dead: Season Three. In the end, I went with Ash vs. Evil Dead: Season Three, but it was a close race.
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May 15th, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War and The Seagull were neck-and-neck on the theater average chart with averages of $13,875 and $13,435, respectively. Boom for Real was next with an average of $11,359 in two theaters. The final film in the $10,000 club was Soller’s Point with $10,618 in one theater.
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May 11th, 2018
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It is a busier week than average with quite a few limited releases that are earning great reviews, some of which are also earning loud buzz. Revenge is one such film and it is playing on Video on Demand, so you don’t have to go to a theater to see it.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2018/09/14 |
24 |
$1,382 |
|
2 |
$691 |
$2,093 |
1 |
| 2018/09/21 |
- |
$702 |
-49% |
1 |
$702 |
$3,442 |
2 |
| 2018/09/28 |
34 |
$518 |
-26% |
1 |
$518 |
$4,299 |
3 |
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