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The Basketball Diaries (1995)

The Basketball Diaries (1995)

R 102 minutes EN Drama , Crime
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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Production companies: New Line Cinema, Island Pictures
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $2,000,000
Revenue: $2,381,087

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