The Basketball Diaries

Fri Apr 21 1995

Overview,

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

The Movie Database: 7.408/10

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 45%

Metacritic: 46/100

Cast and Crew

Directed By, Scott Kalvert |

Screenplay By, Bryan Goluboff |

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jim Carroll

Mark Wahlberg

Mickey

James Madio

Pedro

Lorraine Bracco

Mrs. Carroll

Patrick McGaw

Neutron

Ernie Hudson

Reggie

Bruno Kirby

Swifty

Michael Imperioli

Bobby

Juliette Lewis

Diane Moody

Manny Alfaro

Manny

Toby Huss

Kenny

Cynthia Daniel

Winkie

Brittany Daniel

Blinkie

Michael Rapaport

Skinhead

Roy Cooper

Father McNulty

Josh Mostel

Counterman

Marilyn Sokol

Chanting Woman

Alexander Chaplin

Bobo

Ben Jorgensen

Tommy

Jimmy Papiris

Iggy

Nick Gaetani

Referee #1

Lawrence Barth

Referee #2

Vincent Pastore

Construction Worker

Barton Heyman

Confessional Priest

Akiko Ashley

Stripper

Eric Betts

Drug Dealer #1

Joyce R. Korbin

Mugging Victim

Gary Iorio

Policeman

Jim Carroll

Frankie Pinewater

William Webb

JuJu Johnson

John C. Vennema

Mr. Rubin

Doc Dougherty

Policeman

John Glenn Hoyt

Billy the Bartender

Manny Siverio

Pino

Alex Ballar

Basketball Player (uncredited)

Anthony DiMaria

Pool Hall Shark (uncredited)

Patrick Coleman Duncan

Student (uncredited)

Tom Fitzpatrick

The 'John' in the Subway (uncredited)

Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas

Patron (uncredited)

Kate Miller

Girl at Bar (uncredited)

Rohan Quine

Drug User in Subway Bathroom (uncredited)

Gus Scharr

Priest (uncredited)

Brian Shakti

Catholic School Boy (uncredited)

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Details

Rating

Not Adult

Genres

Drama

Crime

Tagline

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

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Production Companies

Island Pictures

Runtime

102 minutes

Budget

2.000 Million $

Box-Office

2.381 Million $