The Basketball Diaries
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The Basketball Diaries

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

1995 1h 42m ★ 7.4 (2,145 votes) Released

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

Director

Scott Kalvert

Screenplay

Bryan Goluboff

Rating
7.4
Runtime
102 min
Budget
$2.0M
Revenue
$2.4M
Profit/Loss
+0.4M

Production

Island Pictures Island Pictures

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Keywords

new york citysportsheroinaddictionbasketballfriendsbased on memoir or autobiographydrugs1960sschool suspensiongay themeteenager

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