A first official look at Mapplethorpe, the upcoming biography drama movie directed by Ondi Timoner based on a script she co-wrote with Mikko Alanne and starring Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón, John Benjamin Hickey, Brandon Sklenar, McKinley Belcher III, Mark Moses

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Plot synopsis:
“In the late 1960s, art-school dropout Robert Mapplethorpe (Matt Smith) moves into the Chelsea Hotel with dreams of stardom. He quickly becomes the enfant terrible of the photography world as the downtown counterculture of 1970s New York reaches its zenith.”

You may learn more about Robert Mapplethorpe in this documentary:

A retrospective look at the life and work of American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

The film has yet to get an official release date.

Stay tuned with us for more details about the movie Mapplethorpe.
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