The Basketball Diaries (1995)
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
102 min
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
- Release date
- January 27, 1995
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $2,381,087
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Trailer
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll
- Bruno Kirby as Swifty
- Lorraine Bracco as Jim's Mother
- Ernie Hudson as Reggie
- Patrick McGaw as Neutron
- James Madio as Pedro
- Mark Wahlberg as Mickey
- Barton Heyman as Confessional Priest
- Roy Cooper as Father McNulty
- Michael Imperioli as Bobby
- Juliette Lewis as Diane Moody
- Manny Alfaro as Manny
- Toby Huss as Kenny
- Brittany Daniel as Blinkie
- Michael Rapaport as Skinhead
- Josh Mostel as Counterman
- Marilyn Sokol as Chanting Woman
- Alexander Chaplin as Bobo
- Ben Jorgensen as Tommy
- Jimmy Papiris as Iggy
- Vincent Pastore as Construction Worker
- Joyce R. Korbin as Mugging Victim
- Jim Carroll as Frankie Pinewater
Crew
- Scott Kalvert · Director
- Jim Carroll · Writer
- Bryan Goluboff · Writer
- Liz Heller · Producer
- John Bard Manulis · Producer
- Graeme Revell · Composer
- David Phillips · Cinematographer
- Dana Congdon · Editor
- Avy Kaufman · Casting director
- Christopher Nowak · Production designer