Product Information
Writer Jim Carroll and his journey into drug addiction, crime and depravation, before a period of incarceration on Riker's Island.Product Identifiers
EAN5035822001008
eBay Product ID (ePID)3946954
Product Key Features
ActorJames Madio, Bruno Kirby, Patrick Mcgaw, Ernie Hudson, Lorraine Bracco
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\4:3 Full Frame
Film/TV TitleThe Basketball Diaries
DirectorScott Kalvert
Release Year2000
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesWidescreen, Feature Montage\Interview Bites\Miscellaneous B Roll\Theatrical Trailer\Tv Spots
GenreDrama, General
Run Time97 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationA member of the top high school basketball team in New York City falls prey to the lure of the streets- more specifically heroin- in this coming-of-age drama. Pre-superstardom Leonardo DiCaprio gives a strong performance in this gritty and interesting, if rather unfaithful, adaptation of writer/poet Jim Carroll's captivating teenage memoirs of being young and streetwise.
ReviewsRolling Stone - ...DiCaprio is electrifying....A wild ride fueled by profane wit and hallucinatory power..., Variety - ...[DiCaprio delivers] a game, highly emotional performance that further confirms previous indications of a major talent..., USA Today - ...[The film] pulsates as an early-'60s time capsule..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Energetic....A glimpse of the great actor Leonardo DiCaprio is going to be., New York Times - ...[DiCaprio is] a stunning natural performer who hides nothing, with the wrenching expressions of a latter-day James Dean...
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleThe Basketball Diaries