The Basketball Diaries

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The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 drama film, directed by Scott Kalvert, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio, and Mark Wahlberg. It is based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Jim Carroll. The film features original music by Red Hot Chili Peppers' bass player, Flea. Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's (Leonardo DiCaprio) epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addictio... more
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  • Apr 21, 1995

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  • 1 h 42 min

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Film

Directed by

Scott Kalvert

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  • Every punk on the block says it's not going to happen to them... but it does.
  • The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.

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  • 1 h 42 min

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