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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.
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.
Apr 21, 1995 · Directed by. Scott Kalvert. Jim Carroll's cult book The Basketball Diaries, published in 1978, describes in grungy detail how the author passed in a few short months from being a Catholic high school basketball star to being a strung-out heroin addict who turned tricks for drugs.
1h 40m. Synopsis. An autobiographical account of poet and rock musician Jim Carroll's delinquent high school years, during which he excelled playing basketball for a boy's club team, meanwhile hustling to support his growing heroin addiction. Director.
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Apr 21, 1995 · Play Trailer. 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. Jim Carroll. Author. Scott Kalvert. Director. Bryan Goluboff. Screenplay.
46 Metascore. 1995. 1 hr 40 mins. Drama. R. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Jim Carroll's memoirs form the basis of this portrait of the poet as a teen and his experiences with the '60s drug culture....
