History Film / TheBasketballDiaries

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** Before the first basketball game shown in the film, Swifty apparently walks in on someone masturbating and reminds them that that's not allowed before games.
** In one scene at night, Jim sneaks to the top of a building so he can masturbate in the nude.

''The Basketball Diaries'' is a 1995 biographical crime drama film directed by Scott Kalvert and [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the memoir of the same name]] by Jim Carroll. The film features a rather star-studded cast, including an early starring role for Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as Carroll, with Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/JulietteLewis, James Madio, Michael Imperioli (from ''Series/TheSopranos'') and Creator/ErnieHudson among the supporting actors.

* RaisedCatholic: The start and first half the film heavily reflect the Catholicism religion in relation to Jim and his friends.

''The Basketball Diaries'' is a 1995 drama film directed by Scott Kalvert and [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the memoir of the same name]] by Jim Carroll.

The film depicts Carroll's life growing up in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity as a 16-year-old with his group of best friends. Mostly being hoodlums and delinquents already, Jim gets introduced to drugs and eventually gets kicked out of high school as he starts to spiral down. He quickly finds himself estranged from his friends, begging his mother for money, and living on the streets offering himself up at times just to score more drugs. By the end, he manages to start regaining control of his life upon meeting a man named Reggie, who helps him through his withdrawals and leads Jim back from the brink of death.

Features a rather star-studded cast, including early roles for Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as Jim Carroll, Creator/MarkWahlberg as Mickey, Creator/JulietteLewis as Diane Moody, James Madio as Pedro, and Michael Imperioli (from ''Series/TheSopranos'') as Bobby. Also included Creator/ErnieHudson as Reggie.

* EpicFail: Mickey and Jim trying to play in a game on drugs..the ''wrong'' drugs, in fact (they had an extended discussion on which pills were the uppers, since the supplier Pedro never found out, and ended up brashly taking the blacks when they were implied to be the pinks). They move so sluggishly and play so horrendously that it's pretty funny to watch, such as when Mickey gets hit in the face with the ball and promptly falls to the floor.

Features a rather star-studded cast, including early roles for Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as Jim Carroll, Creator/MarkWahlberg as Mickey, Creator/JulietteLewis as Diane Moody, James Madio as Pedro, and [[Series/TheSopranos Michael Imperioli]] as Bobby. Also included Creator/ErnieHudson as Reggie.

->''"You know what's wrong. It used to be about getting high and playing basketball. But now, it's just about getting high with you. You're blowing it, Jim."

->''"You know what's wrong. It used to be about getting high and playing basketball. But now, it's just about
getting high with you. You're blowing it, Jim."

* BigNo: Jim lets out one as [[spoiler:Mickey accidentally pushes someone who ripped off the two of them (in terms of drugs) off the top of a building]].

''The Basketball Diaries'' is a 1995 film [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the book of the same name by Jim Carroll]], it depicts Jim's life growing up in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity as a 16-year-old with his group of best friends. Mostly being hoodlums and delinquents already, Jim gets introduced to drugs and eventually gets kicked out of high school as he starts to spiral down. He quickly finds himself estranged from his friends, begging his mother for money, and living on the streets offering himself up at times just to score more drugs. By the end, he manages to start regaining control of his life upon meeting a man named Reggie, who helps him through his withdrawals and leads Jim back from the brink of death.

Features a rather star studded cast including early roles for Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as Jim Carroll, Creator/MarkWahlberg as Mickey, Creator/JulietteLewis as Diane Moody, James Madio as Pedro, and [[Series/TheSopranos Michael Imperioli]] as Bobby. Also included Creator/ErnieHudson as Reggie.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The final scene is initially angled to seem as if Jim is directly speaking to the audience about how DrugsAreBad, but the camera gradually turns and reveals that he's actually speaking to a crowd.

* BlondesAreEvil: It's a blond woman who not only introduces Jim to drugs but takes his virginity as well in the same scene.

* NightmareSequence: While [[spoiler:receiving fellatio from another man]], Jim hallucinates his basketball coach Swifty seeing him and laughing.

* TheReliableOne: Jim. He's the peacekeeper in many scenarios, stopping Mickey from attacking Pedro when he insults Mickey's mom, and chasing Mickey as he's chasing someone who ripped them off, trying to get him to stop.

* StockScreams: The Howie scream is heard as [[spoiler:Mickey pushes someone who rips him and Jim off with bad-quality drugs off the top of a building]].

* FauxlosophicNarrator: Jim. Then again, he ''is'' into poetry and writing in general.

''The Basketball Diaries'' is a 1995 film [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the book of the same name by Jim Carroll]], it depicts Jim's life growing up in [[NewYorkCity New York City]] as a 16-year-old with his group of best friends. Mostly being hoodlums and delinquents already, Jim gets introduced to drugs and eventually gets kicked out of high school as he starts to spiral down. He quickly finds himself estranged from his friends, begging his mother for money, and living on the streets offering himself up at times just to score more drugs. By the end, he manages to start regaining control of his life upon meeting a man named Reggie, who helps him through his withdrawals and leads Jim back from the brink of death.

A 1995 film [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the book of the same name by Jim Carroll]], it depicts Jim's life growing up in [[NewYorkCity New York City]] as a 16-year-old with his group of best friends. Mostly being hoodlums and delinquents already, Jim gets introduced to drugs and eventually gets kicked out of high school as he starts to spiral down. He quickly finds himself estranged from his friends, begging his mother for money, and living on the streets offering himself up at times just to score more drugs. By the end, he manages to start regaining control of his life upon meeting a man named Reggie, who helps him through his withdrawals and leads Jim back from the brink of death.

* DescentIntoAdiction: Jim becomes addicted to cocaine and heroin over the course of the film.