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The Basketball Diaries

Synopsis:

Very loosely based on the memoir of the same name, The Basketball Diaries transposes the late '60s adolescence of writer/artist Jim Carroll to some unspecified time period at least 15 years later, further confusing the timeframe with three decades of rock music, some by Carroll himself. Jim (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his Catholic school chums are on the hottest basketball team in New York, but their friend Bobby (Michael Imperioli) languishes in the hospital with leukemia. In-between typically boyish adventures, Jim scribbles in his notebook and experiments with sex and drugs.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Scott Kalvert
  • Studio: Island Pictures
  • Year: 1995
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for graphic depiction of drug addiction with related strong violence, sexuality and language)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color

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