The Basketball Diaries (1995) DVDRip NL subs

The film is an adaptation of poet and memoirist Jim Carroll's (Leonardo DiCaprio) juvenile diaries chronichling his kaleidoscopic free-fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an appetite for heroin all begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star.


Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He cannot go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity, which ultimately ends with Jim's incarceration in a state penitentiary. After months in the hospital, he gets out and later does a talk show about his drug life, but before that he turned down free drugs given to him by his old friend, Pedro. The film is set in the early 90s, while Carroll's actual book recounts experiences from growing up in the 60s. Jim started out as a practice basketball player, and moved on to writing his Basketball Diaries.




Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll


Lorraine Bracco as Mrs. Carroll


James Madio as Pedro


Patrick McGaw as Neutron


Mark Wahlberg as Mickey


Roy Cooper as Father McNulty


Bruno Kirby as Swifty


Alexander Chaplin as Bobo


Juliette Lewis as Diane Moody


Michael Imperioli as Bobby


Ernie Hudson as Reggie


Manny Alfaro as Manny


Cynthia Daniel as Winkie


Brittany Daniel as Blinkie




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