Movie

The Basketball Diaries

by Bryan Goluboff, Jim Carroll, Leonardo Dicaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio and 23 others

Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

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Characters

Leonardo Dicaprio (1)Bryan Goluboff (1)Jim Carroll (1)

“First, it's a Saturday night thing when you feel cool like a gangster or a rock star—just something to kill the boredom, you know? They call it a chippie, a small habit. It feels so good, you start doing it on Tuesdays... then Thursdays... then it's got you. Every wise-ass punk on the block says it…”

— Bryan Goluboff, Jim Carroll, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com

Tagged: Best Sports Movies, Heroin Addiction, Gangster, Rock Star