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  1. The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American biographical crime drama film. The movie deals with drug addiction and its unfavorable outcome in lives of common people. Directed by Scott Kalvert in his feature directorial debut and based on an autobiographical novel by the same name written by Jim Carroll.

  2. Apr 21, 1995 · A 1995 biographical drama film based on Jim Carroll's memoir of his teenage years as a basketball player and a drug addict. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Jim, with Lorraine Bracco, Mark Wahlberg, and Bruno Kirby in supporting roles.

    • (122K)
    • Biography, Crime, Drama
    • Scott Kalvert
    • 1995-04-21
  3. 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.

  4. Find out where to watch the 1995 movie based on the memoir of Jim Carroll, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg. Compare rental, purchase, and subscription services for 'The Basketball Diaries' on Moviefone.

  5. Apr 21, 2014 · A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of...

  6. The Basketball Diaries. Based on the autobiographical journals of poet Jim Carroll, "Basketball Diaries" follows the descent of a Catholic high school student from star basketball player to drug addict. Jim and his friends roam the streets of New York City as goof-offs, petty thieves, and junkies.

  7. A film adaptation of Jim Carroll's memoir about his addiction to heroin and basketball in New York City. Critics and users rate the movie's quality, cast, director and plot.

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    • Drama, Crime, Biography
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