| | Basketball Diaries DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Biography Movies, True Story Videos, New York City, Coming Of Age, Self-Discovery, Social Issues | | Starring | Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Ernie Hudson, Juliette Lewis, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Imperioli, Bruno Kirby, Brittany Daniel | | Director | Scott Kalvert | | Screenwriter | Brian Goluboff | | Source Writer | Jim Carroll |
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments; Behind The Scenes Based on the autobiographical journals of poet Jim Carroll, BASKETBALL DIARIES follows the descent of a Catholic high school student from star basketball player to drug addict. Jim (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his friends roam the streets of New York City as goof-offs, petty thieves, and junkies. Expelled from school for using drugs before a game, Jim is also thrown out of his house and takes up street hustling. A pre-superstardom DiCaprio gives a strong performance in this gritty and uncompromising look at being young and streetwise. Excerpts of Jim Carroll's book "The Basketball Diaries" first appeared in "The Paris Review" in 1970. The book was published in 1978.
Jim Carroll's song "People Who Died" was a New Wave hit in the early 1980s.
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Additional credits: Kathie Hersch (line producer); Diana D. Schmidt (unit production manager); David C. Dean, Robert C. Albertell (assistant directors); David C. Robinson (costume design); Verne Caruso (hairstylist); Joshua Wingett (music editor); Billy Gottlieb (music co-ordinator).
Basketball Diaries Reviews: "...DiCaprio is electrifying....A wild ride fueled by profane wit and hallucinatory power..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...[The film] pulsates as an early-'60s time capsule..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...Energetic....A glimpse of the great actor Leonardo DiCaprio is going to be."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "...[DiCaprio delivers] a game, highly emotional performance that further confirms previous indications of a major talent..."
-- Todd McCarthy, Variety "...[DiCaprio is] a stunning natural performer who hides nothing, with the wrenching expressions of a latter-day James Dean..."-- Janet Maslin, New York Times
This is the only Scott Kalvert video. Basketball Diaries | List Price | $12.99 (You save $4.44) | | Studio | Palm Pictures | | Orig Year | 1995 | | All Time Sales Rank |  5003  | | CD Universe Part number | 6789795 | | Catalog number | 3100 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 19, 2004 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Movie Details | Color |
Basketball Diaries Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   A Awesome actor
The BasketBall Diaries is one of my favorit movies of the young hihschool ganster who gets addicted to drugs. Leodicaprio plays such a good role in it.
Submitted by TalkToTwinkey7 (Haysi,Va,Usa)
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Basketball Diarises
I once saw this movie with my couisin, and I was so touched and horrified to listen that this was a true story... I really liked the film and now i'm dying to watch it again...
Submitted by Suarbhi.Raut (INDIA)
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I first saw Basketball Diaries when i was 12 (now 22) and the movie made such an impact on my life! Leonardo DiCaprio does an outstanding job! His crying seen near the end of the movie was so real that to this day i still get teary eyed watching it! GREAT MOVIE!!!
Submitted by Buy the movie! (Eastern North Carolina, US)
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Remarkable actor
Because of his heartthrob status and famous biography, it's easy to lose track of the fact that DiCaprio is one of the most disciplined young actors to come along in years.
His performance in this tough film is remarkable for one as young as he was when he played the role. In his career he's nearly always understated his characters -- they never chew up the scenary. He obviously thinks through them and finds ways to express their uniqueness. Even when the role is written to be over the top (as when he played the wildly difficult part of Rimbaud in "Eclipse", possibly his greatest accomplishment so far) he retains his humanity and believability, his technique is under control and the effects he goes for seem to be created without effort.
The result is that audiences often leave surprised by the power of his films. He is truly a phenomenon.
Submitted by kentfx (Brussels)
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This review is for a different format. EXCELLENT!!
I just saw this movie for the first time...finally. After years of hearing about it, I feel it was awarded all the recognition and then some! I love Leo in this and Mark Wahlberg! Excellent portrayal of best friends, loyalty and drug use. A must see movie!!
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