The Basketball Diaries

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100

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Theatrical Release Date:

04/21/1995

DVD Release Date:

06/30/1998

Run Time:

102min.

Starring:

Leonardo DiCaprio , Jimmy Papiris , Bruno Kirby , Nick Gaetani , Lorraine Bracco

Director(s):

Scott Kalvert

Distributor(s):

New Line

MPAA Rating:

R for graphic depiction of drug addiction with related strong violence, sexuality and language.

Genre(s):

Drama

Plot: 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 ... Read More

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