The Basketball Diaries
Summary: A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Runtime: 1 h 42 min
MPAA: R
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 2,000,000
Domestic: $ 2,381,087
International: $ 21,351
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