The Basketball Diaries Page #10

Synopsis: Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, 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. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.
Director(s): Scott Kalvert
Production: PolyGram Video
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
R
Year:
1995
102 min
7,721 Views


935

00:
52:32,104 -- 00:52:34,482

j& If you give

this man a ride j&

936

00:
52:34,482 -- 00:52:36,651

j& Sweet family will die j&

937

00:
52:36,651 -- 00:52:40,072

j& Killer on the road j&

938

00:
52:40,072 -- 00:52:41,908

j& Yeah j&#

939

00:
53:10,942 -- 00:53:11,985

Did you find it?

940

00:
53:11,985 -- 00:53:14,071

No, Father. It's clean.

There's no drugs in there.

941

00:
53:15,030 -- 00:53:15,990

Thank you, Officer.

942

00:
53:15,990 -- 00:53:17,742

I told you

we didn't have nothing.

943

00:
53:25,334 -- 00:53:28,672

You boys think you're

awfully smart, don't you?

944

00:
53:28,672 -- 00:53:32,093

Well, you're both

suspended for a week!

945

00:
53:32,093 -- 00:53:34,136

Ooh...

946

00:
53:34,220 -- 00:53:36,598

And you'll never play

basketball here again.

947

00:
53:36,598 -- 00:53:37,974

That you can count on.

948

00:
53:38,766 -- 00:53:40,936

You can't kick me

off the team, Swifty.

949

00:
53:40,936 -- 00:53:43,565

Oh? Why is that?

950

00:
53:44,565 -- 00:53:46,527

'Cause I quit the team...

951

00:
53:49,154 -- 00:53:52,575

and the school and this whole

f*ggot-ass scene, that's why.

952

00:
53:54,619 -- 00:53:56,121

I could second

that motion.

953

00:
53:56,121 -- 00:53:58,457

Your resignations

are accepted!

954

00:
54:01,294 -- 00:54:03,296

Neutron, you coming with us?

955

00:
54:04,047 -- 00:54:05,382

Huh?

956

00:
54:07,134 -- 00:54:08,594

Yeah. That's

what I figured.

957

00:
54:08,594 -- 00:54:10,721

Come on, man.

I'm f***ing out of here.

958

00:
54:14,768 -- 00:54:17,271

Don't worry, Swifty.

I'm not going to rat you out.

959

00:
54:21,401 -- 00:54:23,529

And in the next

life, Father,

960

00:
54:23,529 -- 00:54:25,697

I'm going to have the paddle!

961

00:
54:25,697 -- 00:54:27,158

Get out!

962

00:
54:28,326 -- 00:54:30,245

Thanks a lot,

Neutron.

963

00:
54:30,245 -- 00:54:31,788

Thanks, man.

964

00:
54:45,555 -- 00:54:47,641

I can't believe this,

you know?

965

00:
54:47,641 -- 00:54:50,561

I know.

What happened to the pills?

966

00:
54:50,561 -- 00:54:53,189

We got kicked out

of the school, Mickey.

967

00:
54:53,189 -- 00:54:55,359

Who cares, man? We lost the pills.

The cops took them--

968

00:
54:55,359 -- 00:54:57,778

We can't

play ball anymore.

969

00:
54:59,947 -- 00:55:01,907

Jim, who cares

about school, man?

970

00:
55:01,907 -- 00:55:04,869

We just lost $40 worth

of pharmaceuticals.

971

00:
55:06,163 -- 00:55:07,706

I know what

happened to them, too.

972

00:
55:07,706 -- 00:55:09,834

The cops, they take

that all the time.

973

00:
55:10,376 -- 00:55:12,628

They either

pop them themselves

974

00:
55:12,628 -- 00:55:13,797

or they sell them.

975

00:
55:13,797 -- 00:55:15,966

What's my mom going

to say, man? When I go home?

976

00:
55:16,843 -- 00:55:18,553

She ain't

gonna say nothing.

977

00:
55:18,553 -- 00:55:21,139

You just tell her you're going

to school every day in the morning.

978

00:
55:21,139 -- 00:55:23,099

Let's get out

of here, man...

979

00:
55:26,103 -- 00:55:27,856

Go get into something.

980

00:
55:29,274 -- 00:55:32,152

You never sold any pills

at the schoolyard?

981

00:
55:32,152 -- 00:55:33,237

No.

982

00:
55:33,487 -- 00:55:37,325

So it's all a big conspiracy

against you. Right, Jim?

983

00:
55:37,325 -- 00:55:39,077

Yeah. Maybe it is.

984

00:
55:39,077 -- 00:55:40,954

Maybe it's not.

985

00:
55:41,455 -- 00:55:43,374

You been missing these?

986

00:
55:43,374 -- 00:55:46,461

What are you going to tell me...

they're vitamins?

987

00:
55:47,921 -- 00:55:49,632

Oh, f*** you, Ma.

988

00:
55:49,632 -- 00:55:50,799

What?!

989

00:
55:51,383 -- 00:55:53,094

Get out of my house!

990

00:
55:53,094 -- 00:55:55,013

Oh, is that

what you want, Ma?

991

00:
55:55,013 -- 00:55:58,392

Get out! You don't

talk to me that way!

992

00:
55:58,392 -- 00:56:00,687

If that's what you want,

I'm f***ing out of here. All right?

993

00:
56:01,604 -- 00:56:03,231

What are you doing?

994

00:
56:03,231 -- 00:56:05,025

I'm leaving!

What do you think?

995

00:
56:05,025 -- 00:56:07,653

I wan you to take all your sh*t!

I'll help you. Here!

996

00:
56:09,405 -- 00:56:10,364

You want me to leave?

997

00:
56:10,364 -- 00:56:11,157

Yes. Get out!

998

00:
56:11,157 -- 00:56:13,284

I'm out of here.

Get the f*** out of my way!

999

00:
56:13,284 -- 00:56:15,871

This garbage is

going to kill you, Jim!

1000

00:
56:15,871 -- 00:56:17,081

I'm gone!

1001

00:
56:17,081 -- 00:56:18,666

Gonna to kill you!

1002

00:
56:23,630 -- 00:56:26,801

Don't you understand? I can't

watch you kill yourself?

1003

00:
56:26,801 -- 00:56:30,597

Ma, you're never going to

f***ing see me again, alright?

1004

00:
56:30,597 -- 00:56:32,015

Just remember that.

1005

00:
56:32,015 -- 00:56:34,685

Don't say that, Jim.

Don't say that!

1006

00:
56:35,979 -- 00:56:37,856

It was a dream,

not a nightmare...

1007

00:
56:39,232 -- 00:56:41,235

a beautiful dream

I could never imagine

1008

00:
56:41,235 -- 00:56:42,903

in a thousand nods.

1009

00:
56:44,405 -- 00:56:45,948

I saw this girl

next to me

1010

00:
56:45,948 -- 00:56:49,077

who wasn't beautiful

until she smiled,

1011

00:
56:50,663 -- 00:56:52,540

and I felt that smile

come at me

1012

00:
56:52,540 -- 00:56:54,125

and heat waves following,

1013

00:
56:54,584 -- 00:56:58,172

soaking through my body

and out my fingertips

1014

00:
56:58,172 -- 00:56:59,840

in shafts of color.

1015

00:
57:01,133 -- 00:57:02,552

And I knew

somewhere in the world...

1016

00:
57:03,553 -- 00:57:05,848

somewhere...

that there was love for me.

1017

00:
57:28,458 -- 00:57:30,001

We just got to

raise enough cash

1018

00:
57:30,001 -- 00:57:31,420

to keep our heads straight.

1019

00:
57:35,841 -- 00:57:38,094

Luckily, finding money

in New York

1020

00:
57:38,094 -- 00:57:41,307

is like getting laid

at the prom... easy.

1021

00:
57:51,276 -- 00:57:53,696

- F*** it, Pedro!

- What's the matter with you?

1022

00:
57:53,696 -- 00:57:57,159

Jesus! Watch the road.

You could kill us all, c'mon!

1023

00:
57:57,159 -- 00:57:59,078

I get 1,500 bucks

for this car.

1024

00:
57:59,078 -- 00:58:00,788

If it's whacked up,

it's worth nothing.

1025

00:
58:00,788 -- 00:58:02,999

We should

buy sh*t in bulk, man

1026

00:
58:02,999 -- 00:58:05,126

We'll put it on the street

and make real money.

1027

00:
58:05,168 -- 00:58:06,587

That's 500 bucks a piece.

1028

00:
58:06,587 -- 00:58:08,756

We'll be on for days,

nights, weeks.

1029

00:
58:08,756 -- 00:58:11,134

Yeah, man.

I'd love to go to Puerto Rico,

1030

00:
58:11,134 -- 00:58:13,804

soak up some rays,

you know?

1031

00:
58:13,804 -- 00:58:15,180

See my b*tch?

1032

00:
58:15,180 -- 00:58:17,266

That's what

I'd like to do.

1033

00:
58:17,266 -- 00:58:18,935

- What are you talking about?

- What b*tch?

1034

00:
58:18,935 -- 00:58:20,561

We haven't seen

a picture or nothing.

1035

00:
58:20,561 -- 00:58:22,439

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