The Basketball Diaries
"The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist."
DramaCrime
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
🎬 DirectorScott Kalvert
📅 Release1995-04-21
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioIsland Pictures
🗳 Votes2,145
🔥 Popularity3
💰 Budget$2,000,000
💵 Revenue$2,381,087
🎭 Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jim Carroll
Mark Wahlberg
Mickey
James Madio
Pedro
Lorraine Bracco
Mrs. Carroll
Patrick McGaw
Neutron
Ernie Hudson
Reggie
Bruno Kirby
Swifty
Michael Imperioli
Bobby
Juliette Lewis
Diane Moody
Manny Alfaro
Manny
Toby Huss
Kenny
Cynthia Daniel
Winkie
Brittany Daniel
Blinkie
Michael Rapaport
Skinhead
Roy Cooper
Father McNulty
🎥 Crew
ScreenplayBryan Goluboff
AuthorJim Carroll
EditorDana Congdon
ProducerJohn Bard Manulis
Director of PhotographyDavid Phillips
Original Music ComposerGraeme Revell
ProducerLiz Heller
DirectorScott Kalvert
Script SupervisorLisa Katcher
CastingAvy Kaufman
🏷 Keywords
new york citysportsheroinaddictionbasketballfriendsbased on memoir or autobiographydrugs1960sschool suspensiongay themeteenager
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