The Basketball Diaries
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
1995•1h 42m•7.4/10
DramaCrime
Ratings
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7.4/10(2K)
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Production
Island Pictures
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
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Cast
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
Toby Huss
Kenny
Cynthia Daniel
Winkie
Brittany Daniel
Blinkie
Michael Rapaport
Skinhead
Josh Mostel
Counterman
Marilyn Sokol
Chanting Woman
Alexander Chaplin
Bobo
Ben Jorgensen
Tommy
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