The Basketball Diaries (1995)
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio
Directed by Scott Kalvert
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Runtime: 102 min.
Rating: 7.3
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Crime,Drama
Keywords: new york city,heroin,sports,basketball,addiction,friends,based on memoir or autobiography,drugs,1960s,school suspension
Cast
Jim Carroll
Jim's Mother
Pedro
Mickey
Swifty
Neutron
Diane Moody
Bobby
Reggie
Manny
Winkie
Blinkie
Skinhead
Father McNulty