The Basketball Diaries
“The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.”
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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Cast
44 people
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jim Carroll
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Lorraine Bracco
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Scott Kalvert Director · Bryan Goluboff Screenplay Jim Carroll Author
Worldwide gross $2.4M · Budget $2M · United States release April 21, 1995
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,381,087
Gross vs. budget
1.2×
Production
Island Pictures
Production
New Line Cinema
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 27, 1995
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · April 21, 1995
Theatrical
Australia
September 14, 1995 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 1, 1995 · Theatrical
Canada
April 21, 1995 · Physical · DVD
Czechia
January 1, 1997 · Physical
Denmark
January 5, 1996 · Theatrical
France
May 6, 1998 · Theatrical
Germany
October 5, 1995 · Theatrical
Greece
August 30, 1996 · Theatrical
Italy
October 19, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Japan
January 20, 1996 · Theatrical
Norway
October 20, 1995 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 1, 1996 · Digital
South Korea
April 29, 2000 · Theatrical
Spain
February 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 15, 1996 · Theatrical
Türkiye
September 11, 1998 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 24, 1995 · Theatrical
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