The Basketball Diaries

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

7.4

1995

1h 42m

DramaCrime

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

Key Crew

Director

Scott Kalvert

Producers

Liz Heller

John Bard Manulis

Writers

Bryan Goluboff

Cinematography

David Phillips

Music

Graeme Revell

Cast (43)

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jim Carroll

Mark Wahlberg

Mickey

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Director

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Music

Cast (43)

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