Mapplethorpe Movie Updates

Sun., May. 5, 2019

• added the US DVD release date of June 4, 2019
• changed the production status to Completed
• added a poster to the gallery
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• added the US VOD release date of May 24, 2019
• changed the US film release date from TBA to March 1, 2019
• set film release to Limited
• added a synopsis

• Robert Mapplethorpe is arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70’s and 80’s. The film explores Mapplethorpe’s life from mome... show all nts before he and Patti Smith moved into the famed Chelsea hotel, home to a world of bohemian chic. Here he begins photographing its inhabitants and his new found circle of friends including artists and musicians, socialites, film stars, and members of the S&M underground Mapplethorpe’s work displayed eroticism in a way that had never been examined nor displayed before to the public.

• added a running time of 102 minutes
• added Samuel Goldwyn Films as a distributor
• added drama as a genre
• added Mark Moses as actor to credits
• added John Benjamin Hickey as actor to credits
• added Marianne Rendon as actor to credits
• added Matt Smith as actor to credits
• added Mikko Alanne as screenwriter to credits
• added Ondi Timoner as screenwriter to credits
• added Ondi Timoner as director to credits
• added a link from samuelgoldwynfilms.com
• added a synopsis
• Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70’s and 80’s.
• created the movie profile