USA,
1995, 102 min
Directed by:
Scott KalvertScreenplay:
Bryan GoluboffCinematography:
David PhillipsComposer:
Graeme RevellCast:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio, Patrick McGaw, Mark Wahlberg, Roy Cooper, Bruno Kirby, Josh Mostel, Juliette Lewis, Michael Imperioli (more)Plots(1)
A member of the top high school basketball team in New York City falls prey to the lure of the streets - more specifically heroin - in this coming-of-age drama. Pre-superstardom Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this gritty and interesting, if rather unfaithful, adaptation of writer/poet Jim Carroll's captivating teenage memoirs of being young and streetwise. (First Independent Films)
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