😈THE BASKETBALL DIARIES (1995) 😈

in #film6 years ago


Leonardo di Caprio on the set of The Basket Ball Diaries (1995) - Source

The Basketball Diaries is one of the most moving and thought provoking films I have ever seen. The true story of Jim Carroll, growing up in NYC in the 1960's. Leonardo Di Caprio plays Jim Carroll, a young high school boy with a talent for basketball. The film tells how Jim falls down a slippery slope into a nasty heroin addiction, prostituting himself to keep up with his habit, after seeing his best friend suffer from leukaemia, fending off sexual advances from a gym teacher.

I won't tell you any more as I don't want to ruin the film, but things only get worse before they can get better.

The Basketball Diaries is based on a series of books written by Jim Carroll, and directed by Scott Kalvert. Spot Mark Wahlberg as one of Jim's friends.

Interesting Fact: Leo famously didn't want to work with Mark Walhberg on the Bastketball Diaries, as back then, he was known as Marky Mark, of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch fame.

Find the trailer below!

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One of to best movies ever!!! I absolutely loved this film and it was an amazing performance by Dicaprio. This takes me back so far!!

totally agreed! I found it very disturbing, but I couldn't look away!

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