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Who Is The Basketball Diaries based on?

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In this regard, is The Basketball Diaries based on a true story?

The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American biographical crime drama film directed by Scott Kalvert and based on an autobiographical novel by the same name written by Jim Carroll. It tells the story of Carroll's teenage years as a promising high school basketball player and writer who develops an addiction to heroin.

Beside above, what year does Basketball Diaries take place? Jim Carroll was born in 1950 and wrote his Basketball Diaries between 1962 and 1966. The film seems to be set in the present, which would mean that Carroll was born in 1980 or so.

does Jim die in The Basketball Diaries?

Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker in the outlaw tradition of Rimbaud and Burroughs who chronicled his wild youth in “The Basketball Diaries,” died on Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 60. The cause was a heart attack, said Rosemary Carroll, his former wife.

Who wrote The Basketball Diaries?

Jim Carroll

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Where was basketball diaries filmed?

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What movie does Leonardo DiCaprio play a drug addict?

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What is Leonardo DiCaprio's first movie?

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September 11, 2009

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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.

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What happens in The Basketball Diaries?

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What high school did Jim Carroll go to?

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How old was Leo in Gilbert Grape?

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How long is the basketball diaries?

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Is The Basketball Diaries on Netflix?

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Whats Eating Gilbert Grape Wiki?

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Was Jim Carroll a good basketball player?

Jim Carroll, who died Friday at the age of sixty, was many things: a writer, a poet, and a punk rocker (responsible for one particularly poignant, great song). He was also an all-star basketball player throughout grade school and high school, playing at Manhattan's élite Trinity school.

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