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The Basketball Diaries (1995)
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
102 minRDramaCrime
TMDb7.4/102,238 votes
IMDb7.3/10131,319 votes
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Metacritic46/100
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Country: United States
Director: Scott Kalvert
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations total
Box office: $2,381,087
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jim Carroll
Bruno Kirby
Swifty
Lorraine Bracco
Jim's Mother
Ernie Hudson
Reggie
Patrick McGaw
Neutron
James Madio
Pedro
Mark Wahlberg
Mickey
Barton Heyman
Confessional Priest
Roy Cooper
Father McNulty
Michael Imperioli
Bobby
Juliette Lewis
Diane Moody
Manny Alfaro
Manny
Toby Huss
Kenny
Cynthia Daniel
Winkie
Keywords
Plot:sportsheroinaddictionbasketballfriendsbased on memoir or autobiographydrugsgay themeteenager
Time:1960s
Place:new york cityschool suspension
