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The Basketball Diaries

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

7.4/ 1019951h 42mR

DramaCrime

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

Directed by Scott Kalvert

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jim Carroll

Bruno Kirby

Bruno Kirby

Swifty

Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco

Jim's Mother

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Reggie

Patrick McGaw

Patrick McGaw

Neutron

James Madio

James Madio

Pedro

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg

Mickey

Barton Heyman

Barton Heyman

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