The Basketball Diaries
1995 film by Scott Kalvert
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Summary
The Basketball Diaries is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,574 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Scott Kalvert[3]
- Screenwriter: Bryan Goluboff[4]
- Composer: Graeme Revell[5]
- Genre: teen film[6], coming-of-age film[7], drama film[8], crime film[9], biographical film[10], sport film[11]
- Based on: The Basketball Diaries[12]
- Cast member: Leonardo DiCaprio[13], Lorraine Bracco[14], Mark Wahlberg[15], Bruno Kirby[16], James Madio[17], Ernie Hudson[18], Juliette Lewis[19], Michael Imperioli[20], Cynthia Daniel[21], Brittany Daniel[22], Michael Rapaport[23], Josh Mostel[24], Toby Huss[25], Vincent Pastore[26]
- Producer: Liz Heller[27]
- Production company: New Line Cinema[28]
- Director of photography: David Phillips[29]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
- Distribution format: video on demand[31]
- Review score: 5.3/10[32], 47%[33], 46/100[34]
- Color: color[35]
- Country of origin: United States[36]
- Publication date: January 27, 1995[37], April 21, 1995[38], October 5, 1995[39]
- Sport: basketball[40]
- Distributed by: New Line Cinema[41], Netflix[42]
- Narrative location: New York City[43]
- Filming location: New York City[44]
- Main subject: heroin[45], non-controlled substance abuse[46]
- Title: The Basketball Diaries[47]
- Has characteristic: film based on a novel[48]
- After a work by: Jim Carroll[49]
- FSK film rating: FSK 12[50]
- Duration: 90[51]
Why It Matters
The Basketball Diaries has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]