Island Pictures presents

The Basketball Diaries

directed by Scott Kalvert

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

19951h 42mRDrama

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Island Pictures presents

The Basketball Diaries

directed by Scott Kalvert

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

19951h 42mRDrama

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§ Synopsis

Drama · Crime

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

§ Keywords

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new york city sports heroin addiction basketball friends based on memoir or autobiography drugs 1960s school suspension gay theme teenager

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The Basketball diaries

1978

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