The Basketball Diaries (film)
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{{Infobox Film
| name = The Basketball Diaries
| image = The_Basketball_Diaries_movie_poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Scott Kalvert
| producer = Liz Heller
| writer = [[Jim Carroll]]<br>Bryan Goluboff
| starring = [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]<br>[[Lorraine Bracco]]<br>[[James Madio]]<br>[[Mark Wahlberg]]<br>[[Bruno Kirby]]
| music = [[Graeme Revell]]
| cinematography = David Phillips
| editing = Dana Congdon
| distributor = [[New Line Cinema]]
| released = [[April 21]], [[1995 in film|1995]]
| runtime = 102 min.
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| gross = $2,424,439
| amg_id = 1:133609
| imdb_id = 0112461
}}
'''''The Basketball Diaries''''' is a [[1995 in film|1995]] [[drama film]] based on the [[The Basketball Diaries|book of the same name]] by [[Jim Carroll]]. The film features original music by [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]' bass player, [[Flea (musician)|Flea]].
==Plot==
[[Jim Carroll]] ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) is a high school basketball player. His life centers on basketball, and his dream is being a basketball star. Once in a while he gets stoned with his friends, and step by step, he falls into the dark world of crime and drugs. Once his mother expels him from the house, he goes into the streets of [[New York]], and together with his friends takes drugs for which they steal, rob and even kill.
As time passes, Jim's situation becomes worse. It looks like he will never escape his drug addiction. One night, after hallucinating on the basketball court where he played as a youth and passing out in the snow, he blacks out and wakes up, presumably days later, in the home of Reggie, an older acquaintance with whom he previously enjoyed playing one-on-one basketball. Jim attempts to leave, but Reggie prevents this. He eventually tells Jim that he is a recovering drug addict and has been in Jim's situation. Jim acquiesces to the offer of help, and endures the process of withdrawal over several days. However, upon leaving, he relapses, finally ending up incarcerated, where he goes clean. The final scene of the movie is a recovered Jim sitting on a stool on a nightclub stage, reciting his life story.
After the [[Heath High School shooting]], lawyer [[Jack Thompson (attorney)|Jack Thompson]] brought this film into a $33 million lawsuit claiming that the film's plot, among other media, caused the 14-year-old shooter Michael Carneal to shoot members of a prayer group. The case was dismissed.
==Cast==
*[[Leonardo DiCaprio]] as [[Jim Carroll]]
*[[Lorraine Bracco]] as Mrs. Carroll
*[[James Madio]] as Pedro
*[[Patrick McGaw]] as Neutron
*[[Mark Wahlberg]] as Mickey
*[[Roy Cooper]] as Father McNulty
*[[Bruno Kirby]] as Swifty
*[[Alexander Chaplin]] as Bobo
*[[Juliette Lewis]] as Diane Moody
*[[Michael Imperioli]] as Bobby
*[[Ernie Hudson]] as Reggie
*[[Manny Alfaro]] as Manny
*[[Cynthia Daniel]] as Winkie
*[[Brittany Daniel]] as Blinkie
==External links==
*{{imdb title|id=0112461|title=The Basketball Diaries}}
*{{amg title|id=1:133609|title=The Basketball Diaries}}
{{Wikiquote|Basketball Diaries}}
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[[Category:1995 films]]
[[Category:American films]]
[[Category:Coming-of-age films]]
[[Category:Independent films]]
[[Category:Films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Films based on non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Films set in New York City]]
[[Category:Drug-related films]]
[[Category:Teen films]]
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