Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Basketball Diaries (1995)



Based on true events, as written by Jim Carroll while he was young.
Released April 21st in the US.
Filmed in New York.
The story: Jim Carroll is a high school student who plays basketball like no one else and keeps a journal.
He has a bright future to look forward to, if he chooses to make a career choice in the basketball area.
But, against everyone that has high hopes for him, he gets lost in the drug world and loses all hope in his basketball career, still keeping his journals and writing every fascination down in it.
Stars Leonardo DiCaprio , Marilyn Sokol , Lorraine Bracco , Mark Wahlberg , James Madio , Patrick McGaw , Bruno Kirby , Jimmy Papiris , Alexander Chaplin , Ben Jorgensen , Michael Imperioli , Ernie Hudson , Juliette Lewis , Cynthia Daniel , Brittany Daniel
Directed by Scott Kalvert
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA/HISTORY

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