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Summary:

Teamed with his friends Mickey, Neutron and Pedro, high school student Jim Carroll seems headed for a bright basketball career. But when pressures from his coach, his mom, and school seem to mount, Jim finds solace in all the wrong places, and the dark streets of New York begin to tear him apart.

Contributors:

DiCaprio, Leonardo

Kirby, Bruno, 1949-2006

Bracco, Lorraine, 1955-

Hudson, Ernie

McGaw, Patrick

Madio, James

Wahlberg, Mark, 1971-

Kalvert, Scott

Revell, Graeme

Congdon, Dana

Heller, Liz

Carroll, Jim

Palm Pictures

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned.

Main Work:

Basketball diaries (Motion picture)

Subjects:

Carroll, Jim — Drama

Basketball players — Drama

High school athletes — Drama

Carroll, Jim, 1950-2009

Basketball players

High school athletes

Genres:

Motion pictures

Film adaptations

Sports films

Feature films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

DVD format.

Performers:

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco, Ernie Hudson, Patrick McGaw, James Madio, Mark Wahlberg.

Production Credits:

Music, Graeme Revell ; production designer, Christopher Nowak ; editor, Dana Congdon ; director of photography, David Phillips ; executive producers, Chris Blackwell, Dan Genetti ; screenplay, Bryan Goluboff ; producers, Liz Heller, John Bard Manulis ; director, Scott Kalvert.

General Notes:

Based on the novel by Jim Carroll.

Audience:

Rated R.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

BAS 1995 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, DVD Video: 780063589925

OCLC Numbers:

1053303179
40493572 [Invalid]