The Basketball Diaries Page #6

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
7,643 Views


523

00:
26:28,405 -- 00:26:29,532

What?

524

00:
26:29,949 -- 00:26:31,575

Don't talk about him

like he's dead.

525

00:
26:32,451 -- 00:26:33,620

He's not dead.

526

00:
26:36,999 -- 00:26:39,376

There goes the circle line.

Check it out.

527

00:
26:39,960 -- 00:26:41,296

[Horn Blows]

528

00:
26:42,296 -- 00:26:43,047

Whoo!

529

00:
26:43,047 -- 00:26:43,882

Full moon!

530

00:
26:43,882 -- 00:26:45,217

Whoo!

531

00:
26:45,217 -- 00:26:46,551

Hey, yo!

532

00:
26:46,551 -- 00:26:47,678

Whoo!

533

00:
26:47,678 -- 00:26:49,221

Hey, circle this!

534

00:
26:49,221 -- 00:26:50,139

[Whistle]

535

00:
26:52,517 -- 00:26:54,019

Hey, I'm going.

Watch out, watch out...

536

00:
26:54,019 -- 00:26:55,688

I'm going to show you

how to do it.

537

00:
26:56,063 -- 00:26:59,275

Ye-ea-ah!

538

00:
27:10,789 -- 00:27:12,082

That was a good jump.

539

00:
27:12,082 -- 00:27:13,251

Oh, he's nuts.

540

00:
27:17,255 -- 00:27:18,465

Hey, I'm going

to walk down.

541

00:
27:18,465 -- 00:27:20,467

What you talking about?

You can't walk down.

542

00:
27:20,467 -- 00:27:22,136

There's no way

to walk down.

543

00:
27:22,136 -- 00:27:23,303

I ain't jumping.

544

00:
27:23,303 -- 00:27:25,682

Pedro, your clothes are down there.

How you gonna get your clothes?

545

00:
27:25,682 -- 00:27:27,476

You going to walk around

naked all day?

546

00:
27:28,060 -- 00:27:30,354

Pedro, if you don't jump,

Mickey's going to tease you so bad--

547

00:
27:30,354 -- 00:27:33,024

You might as well just jump

and get it over with. Feel better.

548

00:
27:34,985 -- 00:27:36,486

What the hell, right?

549

00:
27:39,406 -- 00:27:40,866

Oh...

550

00:
27:40,866 -- 00:27:42,077

sh*t...

551

00:
27:42,077 -- 00:27:43,161

Pedro!

552

00:
27:43,161 -- 00:27:44,287

Bad form.

Bad form.

553

00:
27:44,287 -- 00:27:47,124

Oh... My God!

554

00:
27:47,124 -- 00:27:48,710

Oh, sh*t. Is he all right?

555

00:
27:48,710 -- 00:27:50,586

Pedro,

you all right?

556

00:
27:52,756 -- 00:27:54,091

You ready?

557

00:
27:54,091 -- 00:27:55,342

Yeah.

558

00:
27:55,342 -- 00:27:57,094

Listen, don't tell

the other guys,

559

00:
27:57,094 -- 00:27:59,305

but when we leave here,

I got a surprise for you.

560

00:
27:59,305 -- 00:28:01,016

Tell me what it is.

561

00:
28:01,016 -- 00:28:03,936

It's a surprise. Trust me, all right?

Ouch, don't mess around, man...

562

00:
28:05,062 -- 00:28:06,563

Alright, you ready?

Come on! You ready?

563

00:
28:06,563 -- 00:28:09,150

- Let's jump.

- On three. Ready?

564

00:
28:09,150 -- 00:28:10,109

Uh-huh.

565

00:
28:10,569 -- 00:28:11,737

1,

566

00:
28:12,070 -- 00:28:13,238

2,

567

00:
28:13,780 -- 00:28:14,824

3.

568

00:
28:27,213 -- 00:28:28,465

Come on. Let's go.

569

00:
28:31,218 -- 00:28:32,595

What's up, Manny?

How you doing?

570

00:
28:32,595 -- 00:28:34,055

Fine.

Thank you, sir.

571

00:
28:34,764 -- 00:28:36,141

This is

my friend Jim.

572

00:
28:36,141 -- 00:28:37,017

How you doing?

573

00:
28:37,017 -- 00:28:39,227

I can't believe

I hit my head on that rock.

574

00:
28:39,227 -- 00:28:40,563

It's killing me.

575

00:
28:57,124 -- 00:28:59,544

Jim, um,

this is Winkie.

576

00:
28:59,544 -- 00:29:00,670

- Hi.

- How you doing?

577

00:
29:00,670 -- 00:29:02,005

Good.

578

00:
29:04,090 -- 00:29:06,177

And this...

579

00:
29:06,177 -- 00:29:07,845

this is Blinkie.

580

00:
29:08,722 -- 00:29:09,764

- Hi.

- Hi.

581

00:
29:10,473 -- 00:29:13,811

j& I lost my heart j&

582

00:
29:13,811 -- 00:29:16,689

j& Under the bridge j&

583

00:
29:17,815 -- 00:29:18,900

j& That little girl... j&

584

00:
29:19,067 -- 00:29:21,028

I've seen you

play ball, Jim.

585

00:
29:21,653 -- 00:29:24,031

You're a very

beautiful player.

586

00:
29:24,907 -- 00:29:26,910

Very zen.

587

00:
29:26,910 -- 00:29:28,620

j& And now I moan j&

588

00:
29:28,662 -- 00:29:32,374

j& And now I holler j&

589

00:
29:33,543 -- 00:29:35,420

j& She'll never know j&

590

00:
29:37,172 -- 00:29:40,092

j& Just what I found j&

591

00:
29:41,052 -- 00:29:43,346

j& That blue-eyed girl j&

592

00:
29:43,346 -- 00:29:46,308

lt'll make you

f*** like Superman.

593

00:
29:46,308 -- 00:29:47,184

j& She said no more j&

594

00:
29:48,978 -- 00:29:51,105

Faster than

a speeding bullet...

595

00:
29:51,105 -- 00:29:54,692

j& Became blue-eyed whore... j&

596

00:
29:54,692 -- 00:29:57,404

More powerful

than a locomotive...

597

00:
29:57,404 -- 00:29:58,489

j& Down by the water j&

598

00:
29:58,489 -- 00:29:59,574

j& Down by the water... j&

599

00:
29:59,991 -- 00:30:02,326

Able to, um...

600

00:
30:03,871 -- 00:30:06,958

I can't think of anything

with a single bound.

601

00:
30:07,542 -- 00:30:09,502

j& See her again j&

602

00:
30:09,502 -- 00:30:12,339

j& See her again... j&

603

00:
30:21,392 -- 00:30:22,768

Do you have

any protection?

604

00:
30:22,768 -- 00:30:23,810

Yeah.

605

00:
30:26,898 -- 00:30:30,360

This one's, uh, ribbed

for extra pleasure.

606

00:
30:33,531 -- 00:30:35,117

So what are you

waiting for?

607

00:
30:35,117 -- 00:30:36,618

What do you mean?

608

00:
30:38,036 -- 00:30:40,039

Take off

your clothes.

609

00:
30:41,957 -- 00:30:43,293

Well, uh...

610

00:
30:44,377 -- 00:30:46,088

could we shut off

the lights first?

611

00:
30:46,505 -- 00:30:49,384

j& Little fish, big fish j&

612

00:
30:49,384 -- 00:30:51,302

j& Swimming in the water j&

613

00:
30:51,302 -- 00:30:53,305

j& Come back here, man j&

614

00:
30:53,305 -- 00:30:55,098

j& Give me my daughter j&

615

00:
30:55,098 -- 00:30:57,310

j& Little fish, big fish j&

616

00:
30:57,310 -- 00:30:59,270

j& Swimming in the water j&#

617

00:
31:01,022 -- 00:31:03,859

White ship disappears in the

wave machine this morning.

618

00:
31:05,069 -- 00:31:07,530

Your eyes got shut

with secret chains

619

00:
31:08,823 -- 00:31:11,118

that pillow armies

eventually set free...

620

00:
31:13,662 -- 00:31:16,249

like soft horses

through toy deserts.

621

00:
31:35,021 -- 00:31:36,272

I love this mansion,

622

00:
31:37,399 -- 00:31:39,568

though it's

too many windows...

623

00:
31:40,778 -- 00:31:42,822

to open halfway

each morning...

624

00:
31:44,699 -- 00:31:46,701

to close halfway

each night.

625

00:
33:00,498 -- 00:33:01,958

I looked at his body,

626

00:
33:02,625 -- 00:33:04,961

and it was death

for the first time.

627

00:
33:06,463 -- 00:33:09,508

His face was thin and wrinkled,

almost apelike.

628

00:
33:10,427 -- 00:33:13,722

His hair, just gray patches

on his scalp.

629

00:
33:14,640 -- 00:33:18,228

He looked 60 years old,

and he was 16.

630

00:
33:19,145 -- 00:33:21,482

Couldn't believe

how skinny he was...

631

00:
33:21,732 -- 00:33:24,526

much skinnier than he was

in the hospital.

632

00:
33:26,195 -- 00:33:29,866

It was like having the skeleton of someone

you knew put right in front of you.

633

00:
33:33,204 -- 00:33:37,792

I felt dazed, like I'd just come out

of a four-hour movie I didn't understand.

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