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The Basketball Diaries

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The Basketball Diaries
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R,1hr 42min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
May 26, 1995
Director:
Scott Kalvert
Distributor:
Palm Pictures
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jimmy Papiris, Nick Gaetani  ...more
Synopsis: Very loosely based on the memoir of the same name, The Basketball Diaries transposes the late '60s adolescence of writer/artist Jim Carroll to some unspecified time period at least 15 years later, further confusing the timeframe with three decades of rock music, some by Carroll himself. Jim (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his Catholic school chums are on the hottest basketball team in New York, but their friend Bobby (Michael Imperioli) languishes in the hospital with leukemia. In-between typically boyish ... Full Synopsis
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
The tale related here isn't all that original, but the honest presentation lends impact to a wrenching scenario. Full Review
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46
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Based on 19 critic reviews
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Jim Carroll
Jimmy Papiris
Iggy
Nick Gaetani
Referee
Bruno Kirby
Swifty
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