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The Basketball Diaries

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

18 · 24 Nov 1995 · 102 min · English

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The film

Synopsis

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

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Cast & characters

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jim Carroll

Bruno Kirby

Swifty

Lorraine Bracco

Jim's Mother

Ernie Hudson

Reggie

Patrick McGaw

Neutron

James Madio

Pedro

Mark Wahlberg

Mickey

Barton Heyman

Confessional Priest

Roy Cooper

Father McNulty

Michael Imperioli

Bobby

Juliette Lewis

Diane Moody

Manny Alfaro

Manny

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Key crew

Director: Scott Kalvert
Writing: Bryan Goluboff, Jim Carroll
Cinematography: David Phillips
Original music: Graeme Revell

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