Leonardo DiCaprio
Jim Carroll
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Drama / Crime
The Basketball Diaries.
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Directed by Scott Kalvert
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY
Cast.
Bruno Kirby
Swifty
Lorraine Bracco
Jim's Mother
Ernie Hudson
Reggie
Patrick McGaw
Neutron
James Madio
Pedro
Mark Wahlberg
Mickey
Barton Heyman
Confessional Priest
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