EPSILON
Film7.41995102m

The Basketball Diaries

DramaCrime

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

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Cast

Leonardo DiCaprioBruno KirbyLorraine BraccoErnie HudsonPatrick McGawJames MadioMark WahlbergBarton HeymanRoy CooperMichael ImperioliJuliette LewisManny Alfaro

Director

Scott Kalvert

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