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.

Director: Scott Kalvert

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jim Carroll

Bruno Kirby

Swifty

Lorraine Bracco

Jim's Mother

Ernie Hudson

Reggie

Patrick McGaw

Neutron

James Madio

Pedro

Mark Wahlberg

Mickey

Barton Heyman

Confessional Priest