The Basketball Diaries

7.4
  • Genre: DramaCrime
  • Run time: 102 min
  • Premiere: 1995. April 21.

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

Discover

Leonardo DiCaprio

Jim Carroll

Lorraine Bracco

Mrs. Carroll

Bruno Kirby

Swifty

Juliette Lewis

Diane Moody

Toby Huss

Kenny

Roy Cooper

Father McNulty

Josh Mostel

Counterman

Marilyn Sokol

Chanting Woman

Nick Gaetani

Referee #1

Lawrence Barth

Referee #2

Vincent Pastore

Construction Worker

Barton Heyman

Confessional Priest

Akiko Ashley

Stripper

Eric Betts

Drug Dealer #1

Joyce R. Korbin

Mugging Victim

Gary Iorio

Policeman

Jim Carroll

Frankie Pinewater

William Webb

JuJu Johnson

John C. Vennema

Mr. Rubin

Doc Dougherty

Policeman

John Glenn Hoyt

Billy the Bartender

Alex Ballar

Basketball Player (uncredited)

Anthony DiMaria

Pool Hall Shark (uncredited)

Patrick Coleman Duncan

Student (uncredited)

Tom Fitzpatrick

The 'John' in the Subway (uncredited)

Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas

Patron (uncredited)

Kate Miller

Girl at Bar (uncredited)

Rohan Quine

Drug User in Subway Bathroom (uncredited)

Gus Scharr

Priest (uncredited)

Brian Shakti

Catholic School Boy (uncredited)

Art

Christopher Nowak

Production Design

Harriet Zucker

Set Decoration

Jacqueline Arnot

Set Dresser

Jeffrey Rollins

Set Dresser

Camera

David Phillips

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Diane Hammond

Makeup Artist

David C. Robinson

Costume Design

Directing

Scott Kalvert

Director

Lisa Katcher

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Liz Heller

Producer

Avy Kaufman

Casting

Kathie Hersch

Line Producer

Chris Blackwell

Executive Producer

Dan Genetti

Executive Producer

Sound

Graeme Revell

Original Music Composer

Susan Kurtz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David J. Hudson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Victor Iorillo

Supervising Sound Editor

Paul B. Clay

Supervising Sound Editor

Victor Iorillo

Sound Designer

Daniel Tripoli

Sound Effects Editor

Larry Hoki

Sound Recordist

Jeffrey Perkins

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Writing

Bryan Goluboff

Screenplay

Jim Carroll

Author