Jim Carroll - In den Straßen von New York

Originaltitel: The Basketball Diaries

1995
12
1 Std. 42 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,3/10

125.983

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.271

Leonardo DiCaprio in Jim Carroll - In den Straßen von New York (1995)

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Basketball True Crime Biography Crime Drama Sport

Ein Teenager findet seine Träume, ein Basketballstar zu werden, bedroht, nachdem er freiwillig in die grausame Welt der Drogenabhängigkeit gefallen ist.Ein Teenager findet seine Träume, ein Basketballstar zu werden, bedroht, nachdem er freiwillig in die grausame Welt der Drogenabhängigkeit gefallen ist.Ein Teenager findet seine Träume, ein Basketballstar zu werden, bedroht, nachdem er freiwillig in die grausame Welt der Drogenabhängigkeit gefallen ist.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,3/10

125.983

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.271

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

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Wissenswertes
Jim Carroll: Writer and subject of the movie, the guy Jim talks to in the underground drug den.

Patzer
After Jim rejects Swifty's advance and shoves him to the wall, the amount and position of the blood on Swifty's face changes in subsequent shots.

Zitate
Jim Carroll: You're growing up. And rain sort of remains on the branches of a tree that will someday rule the Earth. And it's good that there is rain. It clears the month of your sorry rainbow expressions, and it clears the streets of the silent armies... so we can dance.

Alternative Versionen
Uncut for UK cinemas, it was previously cut by 47 seconds by the distributor. The cuts were to the dream sequence where kids are shot in school, which was removed by the distributor in response to the Dunblane massacre. Passed uncut with an 18 rating in 2000.

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Kiss of Death/Jury Duty/Stuart Saves His Family/The Basketball Diaries/The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)

Soundtracks
Catholic Boy
Written by Jim Carroll
Performed by Jim Carroll with Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam appears courtesy of Epic Records

Benutzerrezensionen215

Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

more than gritty, and there's really no link to Columbine

I remember that when the Columbine shootings happened, some people blamed "The Basketball Diaries". When I saw the movie, I couldn't understand the connection at all. True, there's a school shooting scene, but focusing only on that misses the movie's point. The movie is the true story of New York teenager Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) and how he descended into the ugly world of drug addiction. If you're squeamish, then I should warn you that there are some pretty nasty scenes of drug addiction and what happens.

Yes, it's ugly what happens, but that's what makes the movie so good: they're not afraid to get down and dirty. Also starring are Lorraine Bracco as Jim's mother, Mark Wahlberg as Jim's friend, Bruno Kirby as the high school coach, Juliette Lewis as an acquaintance, and Ernie Hudson as a man who saves Jim from dying out in the cold.

Like I said, this is not a movie for the fainthearted. But otherwise, I truly recommend it.