 |
The Basketball Diaries (1995)Synopsis:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.
Resource Links:
|
|
|
Reviews & Analyses: The Basketball Diaries
Latest Questions |
Over the spring of 2000, sixteen average Americans (divided into two tribes which eventually merge into one) were seq...
|
 |
NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself...
|
 |
In Connecticut, lonely widowed Professor Walter Vale has a boring life. He teaches only one class at the local colleg...
|
 |
A man wakes up to find himself locked in a tiny, cramped concrete room, in which he can barely move. He doesn't remem...
|
