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The Basketball Diaries

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

Director

Scott Kalvert

Year

Genre

Box Office

$2,381,087

Production

New Line Cinema,Island Pictures

Awards

N/A

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Jim Carroll

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jim's Mother

Lorraine Bracco

Chanting Woman

Pedro

Neutron

Mickey

Father McNulty

Construction Worker (as Vinnie Pastore)

Vincent Pastore

Swifty

Iggy

Referee #1

Bobo (as Alexander Gaberman)

Alexander Chaplin

Tommy

Counterman

Diane Moody

Bobby

Michael Imperioli

Stripper

Reggie

Manny

Winkie

Blinkie

Brittany Daniel

Drug Dealer #1

Mugging Victim

Joyce R. Korbin

Confessional Priest

Referee #2

Policeman

Kenny

Frankie Pinewater (as James Dennis Carroll)

JuJu Johnson

Mr. Rubin (as John Vennema)

John C. Vennema

Skinhead

Michael Rapaport

Policeman

Billy the Bartender

Pino

Jim Carroll (voice)

Chris M. Allport

Basketball Player

Pool hall shark

Anthony DiMaria

St. Vitus Student

The 'John' in the Subway

Tom Fitzpatrick

Head Nurse

Mary Ann Hannon

Girl at bar

Drug-sniffer in subway restroom

Priest

Catholic School Boy

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Jim Carroll Mickey Father Mcnulty Diane Moody Jim's Mother Swifty Pedro

When I was young about 8 or so - The Basketball Diaries

When I was young about 8 or so

Too bad Father I was just starting to enjoy myself - The Basketball Diaries

Too bad Father I was just starting to enjoy myself

I tell you what if our school was this nice - The Basketball Diaries

I tell you what if our school was this nice

You got to have presence on the court - The Basketball Diaries

You got to have presence on the court

I just want to be pure - The Basketball Diaries

I just want to be pure

All right - The Basketball Diaries

Just my own naked self and the stars breathing down - The Basketball Diaries

Just my own naked self and the stars breathing down

Time sure flies when you're young and jerking off - The Basketball Diaries

Time sure flies when you're young and jerking off

Idle time is the devil's plaything Jim - The Basketball Diaries

Idle time is the devil's plaything Jim

Hey white boy - The Basketball Diaries

I felt dazed like I'd just come out of a four hour movie I didn't understand - The Basketball Diaries

I felt dazed like I'd just come out of a four hour...

You think that'll keep him out of heaven - The Basketball Diaries

You think that'll keep him out of heaven

Shit happens man - The Basketball Diaries

Shit happens man

You're growing up - The Basketball Diaries

You're growing up

Did I ever tell you about the first time I did heroin - The Basketball Diaries

Did I ever tell you about the first time I did heroin

I was just going to sniff a bag - The Basketball Diaries

I was just going to sniff a bag

Gee whiz Ma you know - The Basketball Diaries

Gee whiz Ma you know

First it's a Saturday night thing - The Basketball Diaries

First it's a Saturday night thing

Wake up Mr Carroll It's later than you think - The Basketball Diaries

Wake up Mr Carroll It's later than you think

And in the next life Father - The Basketball Diaries

And in the next life Father

Don't worry Swifty I'm not going to rat you out - The Basketball Diaries

Don't worry Swifty I'm not going to rat you out

I saw this girl next to me - The Basketball Diaries

I saw this girl next to me

Who's a whore now - The Basketball Diaries

Who's a whore now

All I've been doing is reading these diaries - The Basketball Diaries

All I've been doing is reading these diaries

There's different types of users of junk - The Basketball Diaries

There's different types of users of junk

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

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Director: Scott Kalvert

Writer: Jim Carroll, Bryan Goluboff

Production: New Line Cinema,Island Pictures

Genre: drama, crime

Year: 1995

MetaScore: 46/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $2,381,087

Released: 21 Apr 1995

Awards: N/A

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