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        The Basketball Diaries
        7.4
        (2,009 votes)

        The Basketball Diaries

        1995
        Drama
        Crime
        1 hr 42 min

        Overview

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

        Creators

        Director
        Scott Kalvert
        Screenplay
        Bryan Goluboff
        The Basketball Diaries

        Cast

        Full Cast
        Leonardo DiCaprio
        Leonardo DiCaprio
        Jim Carroll
        Mark Wahlberg
        Mark Wahlberg
        Mickey
        James Madio
        James Madio
        Pedro
        Lorraine Bracco
        Lorraine Bracco
        Mrs. Carroll
        Patrick McGaw
        Patrick McGaw
        Neutron
        Ernie Hudson
        Ernie Hudson
        Reggie
        Bruno Kirby
        Bruno Kirby
        Swifty
        Michael Imperioli
        Michael Imperioli
        Bobby
        Juliette Lewis
        Juliette Lewis
        Diane Moody
        Manny Alfaro
        Manny Alfaro
        Manny
        Toby Huss
        Toby Huss
        Kenny
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        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (21/04/1995)
        Original language
        English
        Budget
        $2,000,000
        Box office
        $2,381,087
        Country
        Production companies
        🗽New york city
        👟Sports
        💉Heroin
        😓Addiction
        🏀Basketball
        🍻Friends
        📖Based on memoir / autobiography
        💉Drugs
        1960s
        School suspension
        👬Gay theme
        👦Teenager
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