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1995DramaCrime1h 42m

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.

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jim Carroll

Bruno Kirby

Bruno Kirby

Swifty

Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco

Jim's Mother

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Reggie

Patrick McGaw

Patrick McGaw

Neutron

James Madio

James Madio

Pedro

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg

Mickey

Barton Heyman

Barton Heyman

Confessional Priest

Roy Cooper

Roy Cooper

Father McNulty

Michael Imperioli

Michael Imperioli

Bobby

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Information

StatusReleased
Original Languageen
Budget$2,000,000
Revenue$2,381,087

Keywords

new york citysportsheroinaddictionbasketballfriendsbased on memoir or autobiographydrugs1960sschool suspensiongay themeteenager

Production

Island Pictures
Island Pictures