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The Basketball Diaries
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll
- Bruno Kirby as Swifty
- Lorraine Bracco as Jim's Mother
- Ernie Hudson as Reggie
- Patrick McGaw as Neutron
- James Madio as Pedro
- Mark Wahlberg as Mickey
- Barton Heyman as Confessional Priest
- Roy Cooper as Father McNulty
- Michael Imperioli as Bobby
- Juliette Lewis as Diane Moody
- Manny Alfaro as Manny
Details
- Director
- Scott Kalvert
- Released
- April 21, 1995
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Studio
- Island Pictures
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.4 / 10 from 2,295 votes
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