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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.
- $2.4 million
- English
- United States
- Graeme Revell
Apr 21, 1995 · A 1995 biographical drama film based on Jim Carroll's memoir of his teenage addiction to heroin and basketball. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Mark Wahlberg and others, directed by Scott Kalvert.
- (118K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Scott Kalvert
- 1995-04-21
A 1995 drama based on the memoir of Jim Carroll, a high school basketball star who becomes a heroin addict. Critics and audiences give mixed reviews, praising Leonardo DiCaprio's performance but criticizing the muddled message and the lack of rehabilitation.
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- Scott Kalvert
- R
- Leonardo Dicaprio
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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.
A film adaptation of Jim Carroll's memoir about his descent into drug addiction and crime as a high school basketball player. The plot follows his struggles with his coach, his friends, his family, and his dreams of becoming a star.
Brief 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.