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| 1141.1 | | BUSY::SLAB | Candy'O, I need you ... | Mon Jul 29 1996 13:00 | 100 |
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Basketball Diaries, The (1995)
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist
USA 1995 Color
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8.0/10 (121 votes)
Produced by: Island Pictures / New Line Cinema
Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital
Genre/keyword: Drama / Crime / drugs / basketball / new-york / youth
Language: English
Certification: Sweden:15 / UK:18 / USA:R
MPAA reasons: Rated R for graphic depiction of drug addiction with related
strong violence,sexuality and language.
Runtime: Spain:102 / UK:100
Directed by
Scott Kalvert
Cast (in credits order) probably complete
Leonardo DiCaprio .... Jim Carroll
Lorraine Bracco .... Jim's mom
Marilyn Sokol .... Chanting Woman
James Madio .... Pedro
Patrick McGaw .... Neutron
Mark Wahlberg .... Mickey
Roy Cooper .... Father McNulty
Vinnie Pastore .... Construction Worker
Bruno Kirby .... Swifty
Jimmy Papiris .... Iggy
Nick Gaetani .... Referee
Lawrence Barth .... Referee
Alexander Gaberman .... Bobo
Ben Jorgensen .... Tommy
Josh Mostel .... Counterman
Juliette Lewis .... Diane Moody
Michael Imperioli .... Bobby
Akiko Ashley .... Stripper
Ernie Hudson .... Reggie Porter
Manny Alfaro .... Manny
Cynthia Daniel .... Winkie
Brittany Daniel .... Blinkie
Eric Betts .... Drug Dealer
Joyce R. Korbin .... Mugging Victim
Barton Heyman .... Confessional Priest
Gary Iorio .... Policeman
Toby Huss .... Kenny
James Dennis Carroll .... Frankie Pinewater
William Webb .... Juju Johnson
John Vennema .... Mr Rubin
Michael Rapaport .... Skinhead
Doc Dougherty .... Policeman
John Glenn Hoyt .... Billy the Bartender
Manny Siverio .... Pino
Written by
Jim Carroll (novel)
Bryan Golubuff
Cinematography by
David Phillips
Music by
Pauli DiBartolo
Graeme Revell
Production Design by
Christopher Nowak
Costume Design by
David C. Robinson
Film Editing by
Dana Congdon
Produced by
Chris Blackwell (executive)
Dan Genetti (executive)
Liz Heller
Kathie Hersch (line)
John Bard Manulis
Other crew
Verne Caruso .... hair styles
Paul Clay .... sound
Diane Hammond .... make-up
Avy Kaufman .... casting
Edgard Mourino .... stunt co-ordinator
Karyn Rachtman .... music supervisor
William Sarokin .... sound
Andrew Saxe .... assistant location manager
Diana D. Schmidt .... unit production manager
Shane Shemko .... foley
Cam Wagner .... foley
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| 1141.2 | Thumbs up from me. | STAR::65320::RIVERS | No comment | Mon Jul 29 1996 14:33 | 19 |
| I rather liked this movie when I saw it, but then again, I like
character studies and angst and all that "drama" stuff. Definitely not
a glamorous role for Leonard DiCaprio but I thought he did a great job.
For such a young guy, he acts very well in roles requiring a
non-traditional "young guy" role (see also "What's Eating Gilbert
Grape?" -- another good movie).
With regards to note .0, it wasn't supposed to be a basketball movie.
Basketball was just a peripheral issue (the protagonists of the movie
are all on or affiliated with a high school basketball team).
For those who don't know what the movie is about, it's essentially one
young man's decline and fall into the face of heroin addiction. It's
not a very upbeat movie, but it's not utterly morose, either.
***.5 out of ****
kim
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| 1141.3 | | BUSY::SLAB | Catch you later!! | Mon Jul 29 1996 14:38 | 5 |
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Well, I didn't say it was supposed to be a basketball movie,
I said that you'll be disappointed if you watch it thinking
it is. I don't even like basketball. 8^)
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| 1141.4 | I'm more of a "heroine" addict :-) | WMOIS::CARROLL | | Mon Jul 29 1996 21:25 | 4 |
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Well, *I* liked it, too :-)
- Jim Carroll
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| 1141.5 | | THEMAX::E_WALKER | Future Chevy Blazer Car Bomber | Thu Aug 01 1996 19:52 | 1 |
| Kinda long. And not really much of a plot.
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