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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Team Marketing
EAN: 0660200310028
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 001000
Label: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Palm Pictures / Umvd
MPN: TM2604
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 19, 2004
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Theatrical Release Date: April 21, 1995
Features:- Classic DVD
- Exclusive interviews, highlights, and behind the scenes coverage
- DVD's main menu allow you to jump directly to the action
- Presented in full-screen digital video
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about 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 unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these 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 can't 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.
Amazon.com:
The pre-Titanic Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Jim Carroll, the poet and musician who spent much of his adolescence addicted to heroin and shooting hoops with fellow Catholic high school kids. As a biography, the film doesn't amount to more than the sum of its gritty scenes of smack use, violence, perversions (poor Bruno Kirby plays a lecherous coach who comes on to young Jim), and the usual scream-and-puke dramas that go along with a cold-turkey session. Director Scott Kalvert doesn't seem to realize that most people don't know who Carroll is and therefore can't possibly understand why they should care about his gutterball youth. DiCaprio, having nowhere to go with his performance but maintain Carroll's tailspin, is boring and redundant. Some kind of allusion to the literary and rock & roll life that follows the mess we're watching might have been helpful. --Tom Keogh
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received in time. did not watch yet. But LEo is really a kid in this movie :)
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Leonardo DiCaprio takes us on a journey into the agonies of a teenager on the worst path possible. This movie descends into the depths of depravity and sadness. DiCaprio, as another reviewer wrote ,amazingly was but 20 years old when he turned in this powerhouse of a performance. Little by little we see the way he gets into this lost soul and makes him so believable and pathetically authentic. One of the best moments is when Dicaprio and the 2 buddies who followed him down into the sewers of human ... Read More
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After Jim Carroll passed away this past week, I finally watched this movie. I was totally blown away by Leonardo DiCaprio's performance as Carroll. I was totally riveted to my sofa on this one!
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A reality story. Reality about the disease of addiction. Excellent acting and incredible story line. My son watched it during addiction treatment and he suggested it for the family to watch. I am glad we did. It is sad, but true!!!
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I watched this movie many years ago. I knew who Jim Carroll was long before I ever heard of The Basketball Diaries. When I saw the movie I did not even realize that Jim had actually written these diaries. Personally I love reading other peoples diaries or watching them on a movie. It makes me feel good to know that other people out there are just like me. Don't get me wrong I have never been hooked on heroin, but I was once in the "major" partying scene for a very long period in my life. I knew ... Read More
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