The Basketball Diaries Page #15

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
7,723 Views


j& Show me the truth, yeah j&

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j& Star j&

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j& I'll reach you if I try j&

1458

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j& Show me the truth, yeah j&#

1459

01:
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Come on, get back up!

Come on!

1460

01:
29:03,260 -- 01:29:05,638

Get off of me!

What are you doing?

1461

01:
29:20,113 -- 01:29:21,406

Who is it?

1462

01:
29:21,908 -- 01:29:24,619

Ma... let me in.

1463

01:
29:26,997 -- 01:29:28,958

Ma, let me in!

1464

01:
29:44,559 -- 01:29:46,353

Please, Ma.

1465

01:
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Ma? Hey, Ma?

1466

01:
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Are you in there, Ma?

1467

01:
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Ma, is that you?

1468

01:
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Yeah.

1469

01:
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Ma? Ma?

1470

01:
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- Are you there?

- Yeah.

1471

01:
30:07,378 -- 01:30:08,839

Hi.

1472

01:
30:11,258 -- 01:30:13,135

Hi, Ma.

1473

01:
30:13,135 -- 01:30:16,348

Hi. Hi.

1474

01:
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Listen, I need you to

help me out, all right?

1475

01:
30:22,020 -- 01:30:23,606

I need you to

give me some money.

1476

01:
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Okay?

1477

01:
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I need you to give me,

like, five doll...

1478

01:
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Like, $20,

something like that

1479

01:
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because I'm

in some trouble.

1480

01:
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Ma?

1481

01:
30:38,457 -- 01:30:40,209

Do you hear me, Ma?

1482

01:
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Yeah, I hear you.

I can't help you.

1483

01:
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Okay, listen,

1484

01:
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what you got to do is give me

some money, okay?

1485

01:
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Jim, I can't do that.

1486

01:
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Why not?

1487

01:
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Mom, you know I'm not

going to do anything with it.

1488

01:
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I just need to go out of town

for a little while

1489

01:
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'cause I got

into some trouble,

1490

01:
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and I need some help.

1491

01:
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Okay? So, you got to

give me some money, Mom.

1492

01:
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Can you hold my hand?

1493

01:
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Yeah, I'll hold your hand.

1494

01:
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Mom, can you give me

some money, please?

1495

01:
31:11,497 -- 01:31:13,498

Mom, can you give me

some money, please?

1496

01:
31:13,498 -- 01:31:15,459

Stop f***ing around!

1497

01:
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I can't.

1498

01:
31:16,627 -- 01:31:20,006

Mom, give me some

f***ing money, please!

1499

01:
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What are you doing?

I'm your son!

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01:
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I don't have any.

1501

01:
31:23,928 -- 01:31:26,222

Mom, don't f***

around like this!

1502

01:
31:26,222 -- 01:31:28,016

Give me some money!

1503

01:
31:28,016 -- 01:31:29,560

Mom!

1504

01:
31:31,270 -- 01:31:35,359

Come on! Let me in

the f***ing door!

1505

01:
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Oh, God.

1506

01:
31:43,368 -- 01:31:46,288

Oh, f***.

1507

01:
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Let me in.

1508

01:
31:53,547 -- 01:31:55,966

I need some money.

1509

01:
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I need some money

real bad.

1510

01:
31:58,886 -- 01:32:00,513

Ohh...

1511

01:
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Oh, God.

1512

01:
32:05,436 -- 01:32:07,939

Someone's breaking

into my apartment.

1513

01:
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They have a knife.

1514

01:
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Oh!

1515

01:
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Mom!

1516

01:
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You don't understand, Mom.

1517

01:
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You don't know what

you're f***ing doing to me.

1518

01:
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Mom, I'm in pain.

1519

01:
32:30,591 -- 01:32:34,929

How could you do this

to your son, you b*tch?

1520

01:
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You f***ing b*tch!

1521

01:
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Ah!

1522

01:
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Oh, let me in!

1523

01:
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I'll do anything!

I'll be a good boy!

1524

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I'll be a good boy, mom,

1525

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if you let me in.

1526

01:
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Get off me!

1527

01:
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Get off!

1528

01:
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No!

1529

01:
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No!

1530

01:
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You f***ers!

1531

01:
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You're not going to do this!

F*** you!

1532

01:
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Ma! Don't do this!

1533

01:
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Ma!

1534

01:
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Ma!

1535

01:
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Ma!

1536

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I got six months

in Riker's Island

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for assault, robbery,

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resisting arrest,

and possession of narcotics.

1539

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I sweated out

a horrible cure

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and stayed clean

the whole stretch

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even though it's been easier

to get good junk in here

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than it is on the street.

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Sh*t, it's been hard, man.

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All I've been doing

is reading these diaries

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and wondering how the hell

I'm still alive,

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and even if I care.

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Suffice to say

that I'm finished

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with the a**hole bandits

of shower-room rape,

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and suffice to say

that those swine guards

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won't draw blood

from my ankles again.

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01:
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Suffice to say that I've been

just thinking about dumb stuff

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like what a nice concept it is to have

a godmother and a godfather,

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wondering who

my godparents might be.

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My mom won't visit me here,

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so I guess I'll just have to wait

till I get home to ask.

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Jim?

1557

01:
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Who's there?

1558

01:
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It's me.

1559

01:
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Pedro?

1560

01:
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What's up, man?

1561

01:
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Nothing. You know.

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l... I hear you come here.

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I just came by to say hi.

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I'm sorry about that night

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at the candy store

and everything.

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It's all right. Reform school

turned out to be real cool,

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so don't sweat it.

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