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)
(more)Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio
USA
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Lorraine Bracco
USA
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James Madio
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Patrick McGaw
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Mark Wahlberg
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Roy Cooper
UK
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Bruno Kirby
USA
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Josh Mostel
USA
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The Basketball Diaries (1995)
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Juliette Lewis
USA
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Michael Imperioli
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Ernie Hudson
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Brittany Daniel
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Barton Heyman
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Toby Huss
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Michael Rapaport
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Vincent Pastore
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Alexander Chaplin
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Alex Ballar
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Jim Carroll
USA
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Tom Fitzpatrick
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