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Mapplethorpe (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Mapplethorpe' is a 2018 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ondi Timoner. Shooting began on July 11, 2017 in New York and lasted only 19 days. It premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.
Premise
Details the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe through his career up until his death in 1989.
Cast
* Matt Smith as Robert Mapplethorpe
* McKinley Belcher III as Milton Moore
* Carolyn McCormick as Joan Mapplethorpe
* John Benjamin Hickey as Sam Wagstaff
* Tina Benko as Sandy Daley
* Brian Stokes Mitchell as Father Stack
* Marianne Rendn as Patti Smith
* Kerry Butler as Holly Solomon
* Thomas Philip O'Neill as David Croland
* John Bolton as Harold Jones
* Karan Oberoi as Emilio Acquavella
* Logan Smith as Young Robert
* Mark Moses as Harry Mapplethorpe
* Brandon Sklenar as Edward Mapplethorpe
* Jason Lopez as Tom Baril
* Anthony Michael Lopez as Jack Fritscher
* Hari Nef as Tinkerbelle
* Martin Axon as Martin Axon
* Mickey O'Hagan as Tina Summerlin
Reception
'Mapplethorpe' has received six Audience Awards at Tribeca Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, All Genders Lifestyles and Identities Film Festival, Key West Film Festival, Long Beach Q Film Festival, Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival, Out on Film Atlanta Film Festival, and Best LGBTQ Film at Key West Int'l Film Festival, Best Director at Long Beach Int'l Film Festival, Best Feature Film and Best Director at the Queen Palm International Film Festival and Best Feature Film and Best Director at the Hollywood Women's Film Festival.
Releases
A director's cut was released in April 2021 with "restored scenes depicting Mapplethorpes childhood love of photography, his embattled relationship with his father, and his lingering, ambivalent connection to the Catholic faith".
References
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