The Basketball Diaries

The Basketball Diaries

Language : English
Year : 1995
Medical Theme : Drug Abuse/Leukemia
Actors : Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio
Storyline : Jim Carrol is a high school basket ball player who once in a while gets stoned with his friends. But eventually, he becomes brutally addicted to the drugs and loses everything he has worked for. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach who takes unaccepted liberties with the boys, 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. Is he able to get back to sanity?