The Basketball Diaries (1995)
18
24/11/1995 (GB)
Drama, Crime
1h 42m
- 74% (2034 votes)
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The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
Overview
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
- Scott KalvertDirector
- Bryan GoluboffScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2,000,000
Revenue
$2,381,087
Keywords
- new york city
- sports
- heroin
- addiction
- basketball
- friends
- based on memoir or autobiography
- drugs
- 1960s
- school suspension
- gay theme
- teenager
Top Billed Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jim Carroll
Mark Wahlberg
Mickey
James Madio
Pedro
Lorraine Bracco
Mrs. Carroll
Patrick McGaw
Neutron
Ernie Hudson
Reggie
Bruno Kirby
Swifty
Michael Imperioli
Bobby
Juliette Lewis
Diane Moody
Manny Alfaro
Manny
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