The Basketball Diaries
Released: 1995
Director: Scott Kalvert
Studio: Island Pictures
Genre: Drama
Format: VHS, DVD, Laserdisc
Rating: R (Restricted)
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as “Jim” in this controversial, very loose adaptation of Carroll’s autobiography. Also features Mark Wahlberg as “Mickey,” James Madio as Pedro,” Bruno Kirby as “Swifty,” Lorraine Bracco as Jim’s mother, Ernie Hudson as “Reggie,” and Patrick McGaw as “Neutron.” Carroll makes a cameo appearance as “Frankie Pinewater.”