The Basketball Diaries
7.404
2079 reviews
Drama/Crime
1h 42m
1995
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
- DirectorScott Kalvert
- Release21 April 1995
- Genre
- Duration1h 42m
- Budget$2,000,000
- Revenue$2,381,087
- Rate7.4042079 reviews
- Productions
Island Pictures
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jim Carroll
Mark Wahlberg
Mickey
James Madio
Pedro
Lorraine Bracco
Mrs. Carroll
Patrick McGaw
Neutron
Ernie Hudson
Reggie
Bruno Kirby
Swifty
Michael Imperioli
Bobby
Juliette Lewis
Diane Moody
Manny Alfaro
Manny
Toby Huss
Kenny
Cynthia Daniel
Winkie
Brittany Daniel
Blinkie
Michael Rapaport
Skinhead
Roy Cooper
Father McNulty
Josh Mostel
Counterman
Marilyn Sokol
Chanting Woman
Alexander Chaplin
Bobo
Ben Jorgensen
Tommy
Vincent Pastore
Construction Worker
Barton Heyman
Confessional Priest
Akiko Ashley
Stripper
Jim Carroll
Frankie Pinewater
John C. Vennema
Mr. Rubin
Doc Dougherty
Policeman
Manny Siverio
Pino
Anthony DiMaria
Pool Hall Shark (uncredited)
Patrick Coleman Duncan
Student (uncredited)
Tom Fitzpatrick
The 'John' in the Subway (uncredited)
Kate Miller
Girl at Bar (uncredited)
Rohan Quine
Drug User in Subway Bathroom (uncredited)
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