Mapplethorpe (film)

Mapplethorpe
Directed by	Ondi Timoner
Produced by	Eliza Dushku; Ondi Timoner; Nate Dushku; Richard J. Bosner
Screenplay by	Mikko Alanne; Ondi Timoner
Starring	Matt Smith
Music by	Marcelo Zarvos
Cinematography	Nancy Schreiber
Edited by	Lee Percy; John David Allen
Production; company	Boston Diva Productions; Interloper Films
Distributed by	Samuel Goldwyn Films
Release date	April 22, 2018 (Tribeca); March 1, 2019 (United States);
Running time	102 minutes
Language	English

Mapplethorpe is a 2018 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ondi Timoner.[1] Shooting began on 11 July 2017 in New York and lasted only 19 days.[1] It premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.[2]

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 Rendón 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
Brandon Sklenar as Edward Mapplethorpe
Jason Lopez as Tom Baril
Anthony Michael Lopez as Jack Fritscher[3]
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.

References

Winfrey, Graham. "Patti Smith Not Involved With Robert Mapplethorpe Film as Role Is Cast - IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
Raup, Jordan (March 7, 2018). "Tribeca 2018 Lineup Includes 'Disobedience,' 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post,' 'The Seagull,' and More". The Film Stage.
Gremore, Graham (2019-03-08). "Disabled actor Anthony Michael Lopez talks new film 'Mapplethorpe' and being an out gay leading man". Queerty. Retrieved 2020-01-04.

External links

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[indiewire-1] Winfrey, Graham. "Patti Smith Not Involved With Robert Mapplethorpe Film as Role Is Cast - IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

[2] Raup, Jordan (March 7, 2018). "Tribeca 2018 Lineup Includes 'Disobedience,' 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post,' 'The Seagull,' and More". The Film Stage.

[3] Gremore, Graham (2019-03-08). "Disabled actor Anthony Michael Lopez talks new film 'Mapplethorpe' and being an out gay leading man". Queerty. Retrieved 2020-01-04.