The Basketball Diaries
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
1995 1 hour 42 minutesThe true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
1995 1 hour 42 minutes
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
21st April 1995
31 years ago
1 hour 42 minutes
Finishes at 5:54pm
$2,000,000 ($4,345,400 today)
Revenue $2,381,087
1 win & 2 nominations total
7.3/10
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