{"id":7316,"date":"2023-03-30T06:47:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/?page_id=7316"},"modified":"2023-04-05T18:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T01:32:01","slug":"scott-kalverts-the-basketball-diaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carrolls-films\/scott-kalverts-the-basketball-diaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Kalvert&#8217;s The Basketball Diaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The_Basketball_Diaries_Poster.jpg\" alt=\"Cover Art - Scott Kalvert's The Basketball Diaries (1995)\" class=\"wp-image-185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The_Basketball_Diaries_Poster.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The_Basketball_Diaries_Poster-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The_Basketball_Diaries_Poster-123x192.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Basketball_Diaries_Poster.jpg\" title=\"Fair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Basketball Diaries (film)\">Fair use<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=32807043\">Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span class=\"ext-worktitle\">The Basketball Diaries<\/span><br>\n<strong>Released: <\/strong>1995<br><strong>Director: <\/strong>Scott Kalvert<br><strong>Studio:<\/strong> Island Pictures<br><strong>Genre:<\/strong> Drama<br><strong>Format: <\/strong>VHS, DVD, Laserdisc<br><strong>Rating:<\/strong> R (Restricted)<br><strong>Run Time:<\/strong> 102 Minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonardo DiCaprio stars as &#8220;Jim&#8221; in this controversial, very loose adaptation of Carroll&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/diaries-and-fiction-by-jim-carroll\/the-basketball-diaries\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"576\">autobiography<\/a>. Also features Mark Wahlberg as &#8220;Mickey,&#8221; James Madio as Pedro,&#8221; Bruno Kirby as &#8220;Swifty,&#8221; Lorraine Bracco as Jim&#8217;s mother, Ernie Hudson as &#8220;Reggie,&#8221; and Patrick McGaw as &#8220;Neutron.&#8221; Carroll makes a cameo appearance as &#8220;Frankie Pinewater.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See also:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00049QQHI?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thejimcarrollweb&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00049QQHI\">Get this film on Amazon.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/the-basketball-diaries-film\/the-basketball-diaries-film-analysis\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4146\">Analysis of the film<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"30\">Behind <em>The Basketball Diaries<\/em> feature section<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Basketball Diaries Released: 1995Director: Scott KalvertStudio: Island PicturesGenre: DramaFormat: VHS, DVD, LaserdiscRating: R (Restricted)Run Time: 102 Minutes Leonardo DiCaprio stars as &#8220;Jim&#8221; in this controversial, very loose adaptation of Carroll&#8217;s autobiography. Also features Mark Wahlberg as &#8220;Mickey,&#8221; James Madio as Pedro,&#8221; Bruno Kirby as &#8220;Swifty,&#8221; Lorraine Bracco as Jim&#8217;s mother, Ernie Hudson as &#8220;Reggie,&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carrolls-films\/scott-kalverts-the-basketball-diaries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scott Kalvert&#8217;s The Basketball Diaries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4631,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[49],"class_list":["post-7316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-1U0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4146,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carrolls-films\/scott-kalverts-the-basketball-diaries\/the-basketball-diaries-film-guide\/","url_meta":{"origin":7316,"position":0},"title":"The Basketball Diaries Film Guide","author":"catholicboy.com","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"These pages offer reviews and commentary of Scott Kalvert's The Basketball Diaries (1995), a film based upon Jim Carroll's autobiographical book of the same title. 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What you will find here is not especially praiseful of the film. Leonardo DiCaprio is a wonderful actor, as are all of the actors in the film, and they\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/","url_meta":{"origin":7316,"position":4},"title":"Behind The Basketball Diaries","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"May 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Book Information about all the various editions of\u00a0The Basketball Diaries, with photos and descriptions. Important Places An interactive map detailing Jim Carroll locations with photos, descriptions, and links. 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