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The Basketball Diaries

Leonardo DiCaprio (Actor), Lorraine Bracco (Actor), Scott Kalvert (Director) Rated:
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4.4 out of 5 stars 244 customer reviews
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  • Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol, James Madio, Patrick McGaw
  • Directors: Scott Kalvert
  • Writers: Bryan Goluboff, Jim Carroll
  • Producers: Chris Blackwell, Dan Genetti, John Bard Manulis, Kathie Hersch, Liz Heller
  • Format: Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
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  • Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd
  • DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (244 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00049QQHI
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,210 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 starsHardhitting Film Based on a True Life Story
By frisky2000 VINE VOICE on January 31, 2000
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Director Scott Kalvert creates a moving and realistic recount of the true story of Jim Carroll, played superbly by Leonardo DiCaprio, a New York City teen who at the height of his high school basketball career, falls victim to drugs and violence in the rough streets.
Look for the real-life Jim Carroll who makes a cameo appearance as a crack addict in the scene where young Jim sitting in a back alley listening to the addict preach about his "high" while boiling his fix.
Fine supporting performances by the entire cast and a musical score including original songs performed by Jim Carroll's band. Especially memorable is the acid-rock message song: "These Are All the People Who've Died" which is a tribute to Jim's fallen friends throughout his life.
The serious messages in this film SCREAM out at teens, but also are sombering to adults who realize the sometimes hopeless devastation that wracks a family during a drug crisis. Your heart breaks for Jim's mom and his mentor, an African American ex-druggie who cleaned up and wants nothing more than to help Jim out of his living hell before it consumes him.
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5.0 out of 5 starsTragic, intense, and frightfully scary..
By Ashlee M on June 6, 2006
Format: DVD
This movie was gripping from the start to finish. I loved how it opened- a bunch of kids who obviously have minds of their own- getting high off of some household cleaner or something, skipping school, ripping off hot dog carts.. and you think this all seems crazy but then ultimately all the hard core drug usage starts and while at first it may seem like nothing but a small enjoyable thing to do- it soon is a huge habit for Jim.

Watching all the struggles Jim has to go through- loosing friends, trying to be clean & then failing, prostitution, begging for money, getting into physical fights.. - it is hard to watch and you physically can't believe that someone can go through so much and come out victorious in the end.

Leonardo plays this role FANTASTICALLY. Especially the part when he is crying at the door begging for some money from his mother. The amount of passion he pours into this character is huge... for that reason alone- go see this movie.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn emotional, disturbing portrayl of drugs and teens
By Moviebuff on July 8, 2005
Format: DVD
I must admit this movie really had a huge effect on me. After watching this, I thought to myself, "How could anyone do drugs like this?" The look of this film matches the tone of it, which is a dark, gritty feel of the streets of Brooklyn during the 1960's.

This movie basically takes a real life teenager and throws him down the wrong paths in life. You can really see Leonardo DiCaprio's character grow more and more addicted to all these drugs. Physically, you can see his body become worse and worse as he becomes more plugged into the drug culture as nights go by.

I have a whole new appreciation for Leo DiCaprio. He was only 20 years old when this was made and you can tell, this young kid can act like a pro.

This film as a very indy-film look to it which seems to add to its realism unlike if it were a major Hollywood motion picture. So, if you want to see an emotional, tearjerking view of innocence crumbling into nothing, this one will suck you in.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThose are the people who died.......
By N. Damiano on May 3, 2004
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Jim Carroll's autobiographical life story is the basis for this cult classic of the early 90's. Leonardio DiCaprio plays Jim Carroll a poet writing basketball star at a Catholic prep school in Manhatten who's future comes tumbling down when he gets addicted from glue sniffing to heroin. Mark Wahlberg co stars as Mickey his partner in crime as they skip school and do drugs, Jim realizes his future of becoming a pro basketball player are gone when he sees a local kid that he used to run with that decided to stay clean makes it to college ball. Eventually his mother kicks him out and he is saved by a black preacher an ex drug user from the streets takes him in. A powerful story about addiction and the negative affects it has on one's dreams. Leonardo DiCaprio's performance was amazing & makes you wonder how accurate it was of Carroll. The soundtrack also is amazing, essential to collection & a must see film.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA gritty, realistic film with wonderful acting performances.
By A Customer on March 23, 1998
Format: VHS Tape
"The Basketball Diaries" is a gritty, uncompromising look at a basically good guy's decent into heroin hell. The cast, headed by Leonardo DiCaprio, is superb; the screenplay doesn't pull any punches. Realistic, shocking, eye-opening, the film gives DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg the chance to display their true talents and really ACT -- these fellows do a terrific job because it all looks so REAL. What a great film with an ending I guarantee you won't expect -- connoisseurs of fine films and DiCaprio fans should check it out -- this is a real movie with a real script and real acting, and the characters and storyline aren't larger than life. They're real as life, and that's not something you see on TV every day. END
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5.0 out of 5 starsOne Hellish Journey!
By Deborah Earle on August 11, 2014
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The 1978 memoir of the late writer and musician, Jim Carroll(who cameos as addict Frankie Pinewater), based on diaries he kept between the ages of 12 and 16, is brought harrowingly and vividly to life under the auspices of director Scott Kalvert.
Viewing this film makes me appreciate why it has frequently been aired only in the pre-dawn hours.
We initially find our anti-hero ( played with bravura by a rail-thin Leonardo DiCaprio, who, like his co-star Mark Wahlberg, who plays his friend, Mickey, knew life on the streets of Los Angeles and Boston respectively quite well enough during their formative years) shouting down a crazy neighbor(Marilyn Sokol) in his New York neighborhood, and receiving a paddling from Father McNulty(Ray Cooper) at the Catholic School he attends--St. Vitus.
He responds to his humiliation with snideness, and we see the street tough, whose drug addiction began when he was twelve, form up with his best friends, including Pedro (James Madio), and Neutron (Patrick McGaw) in addition to Mickey, commit petty crimes, and behave like punks.
Freed from their parochial school influence, the influence of the street takes over.But even on campus, they deal with a perverted basketball coach named Swifty(Bruno Kirby), who has unwholesome designs on his charges. But we see Jim emerging as a writer.
Life on the basketball court is promising for Jim, who, in his own words, "plays like a cheetah."
He and his pals express generosity towards a hospitalized, cancer-stricken teammate named Bobby(Michael Imperioli) for whom they sign a basketball.Read more ›
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