The Basketball Diaries

Last updated July 01, 2019

The Basketball Diaries may refer to:

The Basketball Diaries (book), a 1978 memoir by Jim Carroll
The Basketball Diaries (film), a 1995 American biographical film, based on the memoir
Basketball Diaries (D:TNG episode), an episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation

<i>The Basketball Diaries</i> (book) book by Jim Carroll

The Basketball Diaries is a 1978 memoir written by author and musician Jim Carroll. It is an edited collection of the diaries he kept between the ages of twelve and sixteen. Set in New York City, they detail his daily life, sexual experiences, high school basketball career, Cold War paranoia, the counter-culture movement, and, especially, his addiction to heroin, which began when he was 13.

The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American biographical crime drama film directed by Scott Kalvert, produced by Liz Heller and John Bard Manulis, and written by Bryan Goluboff. This drama is based around an autobiographical novel by the same name, written by Jim Carroll. The Basketball Diaries is about addiction to drugs. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the main character Jim Carroll in the film, with Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco, Ernie Hudson, Patrick McGaw, James Madio, Michael Imperioli and Mark Wahlberg in supporting roles.

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