Provocative and gripping, The Basketball Diaries is based on a raw, from-the-gut autobiography that chronicles Jim Caroll's (Leonardo DiCaprio) adolescent years as a Catholic high school basketball star. His stark and exhilirating experiences with drugs, crime, sex and violence offer a vividly authentic account of a rebellious teenager growing up in New York. The film made it's World premiere at the Sundance Film Festerval in January 1995.

Presented by New Line Cinema, The Basketball Diaries is an Island Pictures film staring Academy Award-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, James Madio, Patrick McGaw, Lorraine Bracco, Bruno Kirby, and Ernie Hudson. Directed by Scott Kalvert and produced by Liz Heller and John Bard Manulis, the film is executive produced by Chris Blackwell and Dan Genetti. Jim Caroll served as a consultant to the production and also makes an appearance in a cameo role.

An edgy and unabashed adaption of Caroll's critically-acclaimed memoirs, The Basketball Diaries is a profoundly stirring film about a group of longtime friends who spiral into a frightening and hazy underworld ruled by the rush of getting high.