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The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American biographical crime drama film. The movie deals with drug addiction and its unfavorable outcome in lives of common people. Directed by Scott Kalvert in his feature directorial debut and based on an autobiographical novel by the same name written by Jim Carroll.
Apr 21, 1995 · A 1995 biographical drama film based on Jim Carroll's memoir of his teenage years as a basketball player and a drug addict. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Mark Wahlberg and others, directed by Scott Kalvert.
A film adaptation of Jim Carroll's memoir about his addiction to heroin and basketball in New York City. Critics and audiences are divided on its quality and message, with Leonardo DiCaprio as the lead actor.
Jim Carroll is a high school basketball player. His life centers around the basketball and his dream is being a basketball star. Once in a while he gets stoned with his friends, and step-by-step, he falls into the dark world of crime and drugs.
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Apr 21, 1995 · Roger Ebert criticizes the film adaptation of Jim Carroll's book, which depicts his descent into drug addiction and prostitution. He finds the movie unconvincing, cliched and miscast, especially Leonardo DiCaprio as the hero.
Apr 21, 2014 · A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin --...
