The Basketball Diaries (1995)

04/21/1995 (US) • 1h 42m

Drama, Crime

The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.

Overview

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

$2,381,087.00

Keywords

new york city

sports

heroin

addiction

basketball

friends

based on memoir or autobiography

drugs

1960s

school suspension

gay theme

teenager

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