Basketball Diaries, The
Palm PicturesJim Carroll's underground, autobiographical novel depicting his young adult years as a addict comes to the screen with Leonardo DiCaprio playing the role of Jim.
Reasons to Buy
- What is it with the pained face of DiCaprio when he is getting a bathroom blowjob? Was the guy doing it wrong?
- Really more of a homophobic film rather than a gay one.
- Jim Carroll, who wrote the autobiographical book the film was based on, was once roommates with Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe.
DVD Features
InterviewsInformation
- Director: Scott Kalvert
- Producer: John Bard Manulis
- Producer: Liz Heller
- Writer: Bryan Goluboff
- Length: 1 hrs. 42 mins.
- Rating: NR
- Released: Oct 06 2009
- Production Year: 1995
- TLA SKU: 1494469
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC Code: 660200310028
- Catalog #: DV1013302
Reviews
1 Review for Basketball Diaries, The
Write a ReviewReview by Raymond Murray
By: Raymond Murray
In-House Review - Jan 25 2012
In-House Review - Jan 25 2012
Based on the autobiographical novel by hipster Jim Carroll, this tawdry drama features a miscast Leonardo DiCaprio as the teenage Jim and follows him form his days as a punkish but promising basketball player and aspiring writer to his steady decscen...
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