The Basketball Diaries (DVD)

...Introduction... Most sporting films arent that great in terms of plot. That was all changed when Basketball Diaries was released. It's the film that made Leonardo Di Caprio (before Titanic of course). It was released in 1995 and tells the tale of a talented High school basketball player played by Leo who dreams of playing in the National Basketball Association one day and this is his story. ...The Plot... The film centers on Leonardo Di Caprio's character Jim Carroll as his dreams of playing Basketball professionally take a tumble as he spirals into drug addiction. It leads through his later years at High School and gives a real ...

Jim Carroll is a talented High School Basketball player and reams of getting himself out of his neighbourhood by becoming a basketball star. Every now and then, Jim and a group of friends would get high on sniffing solvents. But this leads them into the world of drugs and we see Jim and his lives collapse as they progress through cocaine, pills and heroin. Thrown out of school and home we see Jim beg, steal and prostitute himself to get the money to fund his addiction. This is the true story of Jim Carroll, a writer, and musician who became a voice for a generation. The film is an adaptation on his book "The Basketball Diaries" and from what I ...

IF YOUR IDEA OF A GOOD MOVIE DOES NOT INCLUDE LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND HIS BOYISH GOOD LOOKS THEN THIS MOVIE IS FOR YOU. "BUT LEONARDO IS IN THIS MOVIE", I HEAR YOU SAY. AND I SAY "YES BUT ITS LEO LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE". THIS IS THE DRAMATIC STORY OF A YOUNG LAD WHO HAS GOT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW, IS GOING NOWHERE AT SCHOOL AND HAS DEVELOPED A SERIOUS DRUG HABIT. HE UNDERGOES SEXUAL ABUSE BY A TEACHER AT SCHOOL TO SCORE CASH FOR A FIX, HE IS DISOWNED BY HIS SINGLE MOTHER AND AS ALL HOPES ARE LOST IS TAKEN IN AND CLEANED UP BY A NEIGHBOUR. THIS IS A HARD HITTING AND MOVING FILM WHICH ...