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The film is based on Jim Carroll's autobiographical novel about his teenage years as a drug-addicted basketball player and writer in New York City. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, and Lorraine Bracco, and was released in 1995 to mixed reviews.
The Basketball Diaries: Directed by Scott Kalvert. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol, James Madio. A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
- (122K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Scott Kalvert
- 1995-04-21
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
- Scott Kalvert
- R
- Leonardo Dicaprio
Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) is consumed by his life as a high school basketball star. Pressured by a wicked coach (Bruno Kirby) and a concerned mother (Lorraine Bracco), Jim develops an ...
- (43)
- Scott Kalvert
- R
- Leonardo Dicaprio
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Jim Carroll is a high school basketball player. His life centers around the basketball and his dream is being a basketball star. Once in a while he gets stoned with his friends, and step-by-step, he falls into the dark world of crime and drugs.