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Release Date: 1995

Cast: Ernie Hudson, Mark Wahlberg, Juliette Lewis, Jim Carroll, Patrick McGaw, Michael Rapaport, John Hoyt, James Madio, Michael Imperioli, Alexander Chaplin, Lorraine Bracco, Leonardo DiCaprio ...MORE

Cast: Ernie Hudson, Mark Wahlberg, Juliette Lewis, Jim Carroll, Patrick McGaw, Michael Rapaport, John Hoyt, James Madio, Michael Imperioli, Alexander Chaplin, Lorraine Bracco, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruno Kirby, Brittany Daniel ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Film Adaptation, Coming Of Age, Addiction Drama, Sports, Indie, Crime, Biography, Teen, Drama Film, Biopic [Feature]

The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American drama film directed by Scott Kalvert, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio, and Mark Wahlberg. It is based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Jim Carroll. The film is an adaptation of poet and memoirist Jim Carroll's (Leonardo DiCaprio) juvenile diaries chronichling his kaleidoscopic free-fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best... MORE

The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American drama film directed by Scott Kalvert, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio, and Mark Wahlberg. It is based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Jim Carroll. The film is an adaptation of poet and memoirist Jim Carroll's (Leonardo DiCaprio) juvenile diaries chronichling his kaleidoscopic free-fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an appetite for heroin all begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He cannot go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long LESS