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Make Me Famous
A madcap romp through the 1980's NYC art scene amid the colorful career of painter, Edward Brezinski, hell-bent on making it.
Genres
Documentary
Overview
An investigation of Edward Brezinski, an ambitious, charismatic Lower East Side painter hell-bent on sucess, who thwarted his own career with antics that roiled NYC’s art elite. Brezinski’s quest for fame gives an intimate portrait of the art world’s attitude towards success and failure, fame and fortune, notoriety and erasure.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
$59672
Runtime
92 min
Release Date
2023-02-17
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Kenny Scharf
self
Eric Bogosian
self
Richard Hambleton
self
David McDermott
self
Frank Holliday
self
Peter McGough
self
Patti Astor
self
James Romberger
self
Heather Spore
self
Patrick Fox
self
Marguerite Van Cook
self
Scott Cover
self
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