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Directed by: Scott Kalvert Written by: Bryan Goluboff, based on the novel by Jim Carroll Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco, Ernie Hudson, Patrick McGaw, James Madio, Michael Imperioli & Mark Wahlberg What the box says: In a performance hailed by critics across the country, Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic, What's Eating Gilbert Grape) stars as Jim Carroll, a high school basketball hero headed for trouble. Teamed with his friends, Mickey (Mark Wahlberg of Boogie Nights), Neutron and Pedro, Jim seems headed for a bright basketball career. But when pressures from his coach (Bruno Kirby), his mom (Lorraine Bracco) and school begin to mount, Jim finds solace in all the wrong places, and the dark streets of New York begin to tear him apart. The Basketball Diaries is a riveting story of one boy's life on the edge. |
