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The Basketball Diaries

Name: The Basketball Diaries
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1995-04-20
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco, Ernie Hudson, Patrick McGaw

“The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.”

7.4(2,276)19951h 42m

DramaCrime

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Synopsis

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Cast & Crew

DirectorScott Kalvert

Leonardo DiCaprioJim Carroll
Bruno KirbySwifty
Lorraine BraccoJim's Mother

Trailer

Details

Release Date: April 20, 1995
Status: Released
Original Title: The Basketball Diaries
Runtime: 1h 42m
Rating: R
Budget: $2,000,000
Revenue: $2,381,087
Language: English
Original Language: EN
Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies

Island Pictures

Keywords

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