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21 April 1995 (USA) moreTagline:
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist morePlot:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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tMF Talkback: Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Two awesome actors in similar mode? (From The Movie Fanatic. 5 October 2009, 9:05 PM, PDT)
tMF Talkback: Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Two awesome actors in similar mode?
(From The Movie Fanatic. 5 October 2009, 9:05 PM, PDT)
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A good adaption of a book of the tragic life of Jim Carrol more (128 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | Jim Carroll |
 | Lorraine Bracco | ... | Jim's Mother |
 | Marilyn Sokol | ... | Chanting Woman |
 | James Madio | ... | Pedro |
| Patrick McGaw | ... | Neutron |
 | Mark Wahlberg | ... | Mickey |
| Roy Cooper | ... | Father McNulty |
 | Vincent Pastore | ... | Construction Worker (as Vinnie Pastore) |
 | Bruno Kirby | ... | Swifty |
| Jimmy Papiris | ... | Iggy |
| Nick Gaetani | ... | Referee #1 |
 | Alexander Chaplin | ... | Bobo (as Alexander Gaberman) |
| Ben Jorgensen | ... | Tommy |
| Josh Mostel | ... | Counterman |
 | Juliette Lewis | ... | Diane Moody |
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Rated R for graphic depiction of drug addiction with related strong violence,sexuality and language.Parents Guide:
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102 minCountry:
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EnglishColour:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Australia:MA (cable rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-15 (video rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Canada:14A (DVD rating) | Australia:R | Germany:12 (bw) | Norway:15 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (NO. 33624) | Iceland:16Filming Locations:
Forest Hills High School, Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, USA moreFun Stuff
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After being nominated for an Oscar for Running on Empty (1988), MTV asked River Phoenix what he wanted to do next. He responded by pulling out a beat up paperback of "The Basketball Diaries" and stated "I wanted to play Jim Carroll." Later, the Los Angeles Times declared, "River Phoenix may have wanted it too much." Leonardo DiCaprio was a fan of Phoenix's. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: Several late-model cars can clearly be seen driving by the windows in the background at the hamburger joint although the film is set in the 1960s. moreQuotes:
Mickey: I'll tell you what, if our school was this nice I would go there more than once a week. moreSoundtrack:
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May I say, that I was impressed with this movie. It shows the truth of drugs and what they can do to you. After I saw this movie, I went out and found the book and read it. It's more sad then the movie, but still seeing Leonardo's performance is very effective.
Jim Carrol is a high school basketball player who once in a while gets stoned with his friends. But eventually he becomes brutally addicted to the drugs and looses everything he has worked for.
To Leonardo, you did good.
8/10