Movie
The Basketball Diaries
Overview
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Details
- Release date
- 1995-04-21
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Island Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll
- Bruno Kirby as Swifty
- Lorraine Bracco as Jim's Mother
- Ernie Hudson as Reggie
- Patrick McGaw as Neutron
- James Madio as Pedro
- Mark Wahlberg as Mickey
- Barton Heyman as Confessional Priest
- Roy Cooper as Father McNulty
- Michael Imperioli as Bobby
- Juliette Lewis as Diane Moody
- Manny Alfaro as Manny
Crew
- Scott Kalvert - Director
- Bryan Goluboff - Screenplay
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