The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.

The Basketball Diaries

7.41995 · 1h 42m · EN

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

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Jim Carroll

Bruno Kirby

Swifty

Lorraine Bracco

Jim's Mother

Ernie Hudson

Reggie

Patrick McGaw

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James Madio

Pedro

Mark Wahlberg

Mickey

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