“The Basketball Diaries” is a drama film about a high school basketball player who becomes addicted to heroin. Leonardo DiCaprio delivered a riveting performance in one of his earliest motion pictures, given excellent guidance from director Scott Kalvert and screenwriter Bryan Goluboff, who adapted the story from the 1978 autobiography of the same name by Jim Carroll.
The brilliant supporting cast includes Lorraine Bracco, Bruno Kirby, Ernie Hudson, Michael Imperioli, Mark Wahlberg, Juliette Lewis, Michael Rapaport, Brittany Daniel, James Madio, Patrick McGaw, Alexander Chaplin, and Jim Carroll. The often difficult to watch biography “The Basketball Diaries” was a flop at the box office for Island Pictures and New Line Cinema.
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
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My Review
“The Basketball Diaries” is a drama film about a high school basketball player who becomes addicted to heroin. Leonardo DiCaprio delivered a riveting performance in one of his earliest motion pictures, given excellent guidance from director Scott Kalvert and screenwriter Bryan Goluboff, who adapted the story from the 1978 autobiography of the same name by Jim Carroll.
The brilliant supporting cast includes Lorraine Bracco, Bruno Kirby, Ernie Hudson, Michael Imperioli, Mark Wahlberg, Juliette Lewis, Michael Rapaport, Brittany Daniel, James Madio, Patrick McGaw, Alexander Chaplin, and Jim Carroll. The often difficult to watch biography “The Basketball Diaries” was a flop at the box office for Island Pictures and New Line Cinema.