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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.
Apr 21, 1995 · A 1995 biographical drama film based on Jim Carroll's memoir of his teenage years as a basketball player and a drug addict. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Jim, with Lorraine Bracco, Mark Wahlberg, and Bruno Kirby in supporting roles.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Scott Kalvert
- 1995-04-21
A film adaptation of Jim Carroll's memoir about his addiction to heroin and basketball in New York City. Critics and users rate the movie's quality, cast, director and plot.
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- Scott Kalvert
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- Leonardo Dicaprio
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A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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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.
