The Basketball Diaries (1995)

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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

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Description

Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Director

Scott Kalvert

Writers

Bryan Goluboff

Stars

Leonardo DiCaprio
Jim Carroll

Lorraine Bracco
Jim's Mother

James Madio
Pedro

Mark Wahlberg
Mickey

Bruno Kirby
Swifty

Patrick McGaw
Neutron

Juliette Lewis
Diane Moody

Michael Imperioli
Bobby

Ernie Hudson
Reggie

Manny Alfaro
Manny

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Keywords

1960s, sport, basketball, new york, drugs, based on memoir or autobiography, addiction, friends, heroin, school suspension

Production

New Line Cinema, Island Pictures

Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio, Mark Wahlberg, Bruno Kirby, Patrick McGaw, Juliette Lewis, Michael Imperioli, Ernie Hudson, Manny Alfaro, Cynthia Daniel, Brittany Daniel, Michael Rapaport, Roy Cooper

Creators

Avy Kaufman (Casting), Graeme Revell (Original Music Composer), John Bard Manulis (Producer), Dana Congdon (Editor), Scott Kalvert (Director), Jim Carroll (Author), Bryan Goluboff (Screenplay), Liz Heller (Producer), David Phillips (Director of Photography), Lisa Katcher (Script Supervisor)

Alternative titles

To telos tis athootitas (GR)

Release dates

24.11.1995 (GB)
05.10.1995 (DE)
06.05.1998 (FR)
27.01.1995 (US)
21.04.1995 (US)