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The Basketball Diaries

1995102 min 7.4 TMDBIMDb ↗Released

“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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Release / first air1995-04-21
Original languageEN
GenresDrama, Crime
DirectorScott Kalvert
WriterBryan Goluboff
Budget$2,000,000
Revenue$2,381,087
ProductionIsland Pictures

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10 cast members
Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprioJim Carroll
Bruno KirbyBruno KirbySwifty
Lorraine BraccoLorraine BraccoJim's Mother
Ernie HudsonErnie HudsonReggie
Patrick McGawPatrick McGawNeutron
James MadioJames MadioPedro
Mark WahlbergMark WahlbergMickey
Barton HeymanBarton HeymanConfessional Priest
Roy CooperRoy CooperFather McNulty
Michael ImperioliMichael ImperioliBobby

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#new york city#sports#heroin#addiction#basketball#friends#based on memoir or autobiography#drugs#1960s#school suspension#gay theme#teenager

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