Mapplethorpe is a 2018 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ondi Timoner.[1] Shooting began on July 11, 2017 in New York and lasted only 19 days.[1] It premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.[2]
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Directed by | Ondi Timoner |
Screenplay by | Mikko Alanne Ondi Timoner |
Produced by | Eliza Dushku Ondi Timoner Nate Dushku Richard J. Bosner |
Starring | Matt Smith |
Cinematography | Nancy Schreiber |
Edited by | Lee Percy John David Allen |
Music by | Marcelo Zarvos |
Production companies | Boston Diva Productions Interloper Films |
Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
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Running time | 102 min 114 min (Director's Cut) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Details the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe through his career up until his death in 1989.
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. [citation needed]
A director's cut was released in April 2021 with "restored scenes depicting Mapplethorpe’s childhood love of photography, his embattled relationship with his father, and his lingering, ambivalent connection to the Catholic faith".[4][5][6][7][8]
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