The Basketball Diaries(1995)
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.
Movie: The Basketball Diaries
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jim Carroll
Mickey
Pedro
Mrs. Carroll
Neutron
Reggie
Swifty
Bobby
Diane Moody
Manny
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