Search results
People also ask
What is the movie The Basketball Diaries about?
Where can I watch Basketball Diaries movie?
Is the basketball diary based on a true story?
Is the Basketball Diaries a cautionary tale?
Apr 21, 1995 · 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.
- (121K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Scott Kalvert
- 1995-04-21
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.
Soon, the mean streets of New York City have replaced the basketball court as his main destination. Jim and his friends scrounge, steal and prostitute themselves to score drugs.
- (43)
- Drama, Crime, Biography
- R
Trailer for The Basketball Diaries.
- 31 sec