Just because the heralded Basketball Diaries, penned by real-life survivor, Jim CarrollJim CarrollEarly life Carroll was born to a working-class family of Irish descent, and grew up in New York City's Lower East Side. When he was about 11 (in the sixth grade) his family moved north to Inwood in Upper Manhattan. He was taught by the LaSalle Christian Brothers.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_CarrollJim Carroll - Wikipedia (DiCaprio's character), vividly recounts a New York youth's descent into a world of filth, pimps and needle-sharing derelicts, that is scant excuse for a screen adaptation.Apr 21, 1995
What are they sniffing in The Basketball Diaries?
They sniff glue, moon tourists on the Circle Line cruise and give a hard time to a neighborhood junkie-hooker (played, inevitably, by Juliette Lewis). Then the gang discovers harder drugs, first cocaine and pills and later heroin.Apr 21, 1995
Who wrote The Basketball Diaries?
Jim Carroll
Is The Basketball Diaries inappropriate?
Parents need to know that this story is a gritty look a group of teenage friends as they succumb to drug addiction, and as such is probably only appropriate for the most emotionally mature teenagers.
What drug is used in Basketball Diaries?
heroin
Is The Basketball Diaries a true story?
"Basketball Diaries" is based on the autobiographical writings of Jim Carroll, who vividly chronicled his disintegration from New York City high school basketball star to Bowery heroin addict and street hustler and the road back from ruin to acclaim as a writer and rocker.
What is the story of Basketball Diaries?
Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) is consumed by his life as a high school basketball star. Pressured by a wicked coach (Bruno Kirby) and a concerned mother (Lorraine Bracco), Jim develops an appetite for heroin. Soon, the mean streets of New York City have replaced the basketball court as his main destination. Jim and his friends scrounge, steal and prostitute themselves to score drugs. Jim's only chance to escape addiction may be Reggie (Ernie Hudson), a neighborhood friend and hoops companion.
How old is Jim in The Basketball Diaries?
60 years1949–2009
How long is the Basketball Diaries book?
How old was Leonardo DiCaprio Basketball Diaries?
It's been 20 years since The Basketball Diaries hit theaters. ET was on set with the adorably young actors, 22-year-old Mark Wahlberg and 19-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio, as their epic, A-lister friendship began to blossom back in 1994.Apr 21, 2015
How old was Jim in Basketball Diaries?
Jim Carroll In the first entries, Carroll is a thirteen-year-old who has had limited experience with sex, drugs, and crime.
Was the real Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries?
Jim Carroll
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How old was Mark in The Basketball Diaries?
Wahlberg opened up about the tensions between the two young stars -- DiCaprio was 21 when the film came out, while Wahlberg was 25 -- during his appearance at the LEAP Foundation conference at UCLA on Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Jul 25, 2018