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.
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Studio: New Line Cinema, Island Pictures
- Keyword: new york city, sports, heroin, addiction, basketball, friends, based on memoir or autobiography, drugs, 1960s, school suspension, gay theme, teenager
- Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Imperioli, Ernie Hudson, Juliette Lewis