Leonardo DiCaprio
Jim Carroll
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Apr 21, 1995 · A 1995 film based on Jim Carroll's memoir of his teenage addiction to heroin and basketball. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Mark Wahlberg and Bruno Kirby, directed by Scott Kalvert.
- (118K)
- 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. [2] Directed by Scott Kalvert [3] 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
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 to the film, praising Leonardo DiCaprio's performance but criticizing the muddled message and the lack of rehabilitation.
- (2.2K)
- Scott Kalvert
- R
- Leonardo Dicaprio
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.
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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.
Apr 21, 1995 · A film adaptation of Jim Carroll's cult book about his descent and recovery from heroin addiction, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the basketball star who becomes a junkie and a poet. The reviewer criticizes the film for its literal and unconvincing depiction of the hero's experiences, and the cliched and one-dimensional characters.
1994 · 1 hr 43 min. R. Drama. The true story of writer Jim Carroll, from his youth in New York as a gifted high school basketball player to his descent into drug addiction. Subtitles: English, English. Starring: Leonardo Dicaprio Mark Wahlberg Bruno Kirby Ernie Hudson Lorraine Bracco James Madio Michael Imperioli Patrick McGaw. Directed by ...
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