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Basketball Diaries, The

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Basketball Diaries, The

produced in 1995, USA

Actors	Leonardo DiCaprio Lorraine Bracco Marilyn Sokol James Madio Patrick McGaw Mark Wahlberg Roy Cooper Bruno Kirby Jimmy Papiris Nick Gaetani Alexander Chaplin Ben Jorgensen Josh Mostel Juliette Lewis Michael Imperioli	Jim Carroll Jim's Mother Chanting Woman Pedro Neutron Mickey Father McNulty Swifty Iggy Referee Bobo Tommy Counterman Diane Moody Bobby
Directors:	Scott Kalvert
Certification:	Portugal:M/16 Canada:AA Australia:MA Canada:R Canada:18A
IMDB Rating:	6.90 out of 10 (12964 votes)

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Taglines:	1: The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist 2: Every punk on the block says it's not going to happen to them... but it does.
Plot Summary	Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.
Plot Keywords	audience \| mother \| prostitute \| woman \| money \| wheelchair \| police \| girl \| crime \| physical abuse \| fall from height \| teenage boy \| female nudity \| cop \| revolver \| boy \| friend \| night \| eating \| priest \| rage \| confrontation \| male nudity \| injection \| male rear nudity \| coming of age \| abuse \| vomiting \| hotel \| humiliation \| neighbor \| handwriting \| crying \| pretty girl \| obscene finger gesture \| sandwich \| man \| high school student \| teacher \| drug use \| high school basketball \| help \| mother son relationship \| drug addict \| jump from height \| cream \| dreaming \| degradation \| steal \| hypodermic needle \| danger \| delinquent \| kicking \| decadence \| applause \| mistreatment \| sex \| desperation \| drugged \| high school friends \| friends \| rooftop \| overcoat \| trouble \| hotel room \| police arrest \| tragedy \| menace \| wrath \| masturbation \| coffin \| drink \| dream \| threat \| sisters \| violence \| locker room \| friendship \| arrest \| family tragedy \| door \| shot in the chest \| latino \| disturbing \| delinquency \| drug addiction \| discussion \| ice cream \| kick \| poignant \| high school teacher \| policemen \| paddle \| shot in the back \| drinking \| telephone \| watching tv \| beating \| stage \| city \| catholic church \| cigar smoking \| gun \| classroom \| basketball team \| bitterness \| ball \| teen angst \| basketball player \| drug dealer \| black man \| cocaine \| basketball court \| what happened to epilogue \| bully \| grim \| writer \| innocence \| mooning \| public nudity \| deliberate cruelty \| undressing scene \| son \| apartment building \| apartment \| group of friends \| anger \| dead boy \| shooting \| teen rebel \| punch \| tragic \| teenage girl \| snow \| telephone call \| punishment \| police car \| street \| hospital \| stealing \| corporal punishment \| high school \| syringe \| tv news \| shotgun \| leukemia \| youth \| male prostitution \| controversial \| diary \| diner \| prison \| death \| catholic \| drug abuse \| troubled teen \| new york \| prostitution \| school shooting \| heroin \| manhattan \| withdrawal \| drugs \| basketball \| robbery \| mass murder in dream \| casual sex \| vomit \| gay interest \| male prostitute \| boyhood friends \| blood \| death of friend \| based on true story \| independent film \| based on novel

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Runtime:	98 minutes
Resolution:	592x320 px
Codec:	XviD MPEG-4
Bit Rate:	1001 kbps
FPS:	25

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