The Basketball Diaries Page #2

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.

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama

Director(s): Scott Kalvert

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol, James Madio

Production: PolyGram Video


IMDB:: 7.3
Metacritic:: 46
Rotten Tomatoes:: 46%

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: R
Year:: 1995
: 102 min
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I tell you what,
if our school was this nice,
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I'd go more than once a week.
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You?
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We got a game today, gentlemen.
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Who's ready to play
some roundball?
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I said, who's ready
to play some ball?
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You give me that laid-back,
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"I'm doing my own thing, Jack"
attitude out there today,
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and you're going to find yourself
watching the game from the bench.
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No smoking, lggy...
stunts your growth.
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You want to be big and strong
like me, don't you?
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Out.
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No smoking,
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and no pulling your peckers
before a game.
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Swifty, do you mind?
I'm taking a dump. Get outta here!
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Something die in there?
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iWhen we play our game.../i
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-- so Pedro vomits
on his head, right?
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It goes all over his hair,
trickles down his neck.
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Some gets in his eye.
He went nuts--
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Don't lie about it, either.
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What are you doing?
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We're signing a ball for Bobby.
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Can I sign?
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Yeah.
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"We're holding
your spot for you, kid.
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Swifty."
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All right.
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This one's for Bobby.
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All right.
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Who's better than we are?
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Nobody!
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Alright! Go ahead.
Do some warm-ups.
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Pedro, you're in charge.
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You're my eyes and ears.
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- Hey, Jim?
- Yeah?
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That's a nice thing
you're doing for Bobby.
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Oh, thanks.
Thanks.
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You seen Neutron?
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I think he's talking to a scout from Saint
John's, as a matter of fact, upstairs.
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You want to play
college ball, don't you?
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Yeah. Someday, I hope.
You know.
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Yeah.
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Scouts are sniffing
you out already.
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They like them young.
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I'll tell you what.
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You come by sometime, and
we'll go over the schools together.
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Yeah. All right.
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Yeah. We'll get a pizza,
and we'll make a night of it.
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Um... actually, my nights are
kind of busy right now.
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Yeah.
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Homework
and all, huh?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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[Cheering]
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We were the hottest Catholic
high school team in New York City,
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on our way to the championship.
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We felt like nothing could stop us.
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iYeah! Yeah!/i
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Yes!
We're on our way.
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We're on our way.
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Let's go.
Let's go.
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Hands up.
Show me some defense.
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08:31,370 -- 00:08:32,789
Show me
some defense.
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Good steal.
Put it in. Put it in.
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Yeah!
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[Cheering]
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All right. All right.
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Way to go.
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Aw, geez.
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All right, Neutron.
Yes! Yes!
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To the hole, Jim.
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[Whistle Blows]
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Whoa! Whoa!
What's going on?
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Break it up!
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Come on. Hit him!
Beat that motherf***er!
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[Whistle Blows]
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i- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- He f***ing held me!/i
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This dude blows the whistle...
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Slow it down!
Slow it down!
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[Whistle]
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[Cheering]
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You got to have presence
on the court...
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presence like a cheetah
rather than a chimp.
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They both got it,
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but chimpy got to jump
his nuts around all day to get it.
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Shy cheetah just moves
in total nonchalance
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a sec or two in his sexy, slow strut.
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Me, I play like a cheetah.
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[Cheering]
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iLet's go, Rangers--/i
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let's go!
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Let's go, Rangers, let's go!
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[Cheering]
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Yeah! Ooh!
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You got it!
It's ours. It's ours.
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Oh!
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Yeah!
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[Crowd]
9, 8,
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7,
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6,
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5,
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4,
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3,
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2,
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1!
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Yay, Jim!
Oh, sh*t.
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That's my team!
That's my team!
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[Crowd Cheering]
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There's only two things
Swifty forbids...
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using the word "motherf***er"
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and stealing from the other team,
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as long as they're white.

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