The Basketball Diaries
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
102 mins
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Jimmy Papiris
Iggy
Nick Gaetani
Referee #1
Lawrence Barth
Referee #2
Eric Betts
Drug Dealer #1
Joyce R. Korbin
Mugging Victim
Gary Iorio
Policeman
William Webb
JuJu Johnson
John Glenn Hoyt
Billy the Bartender
Alex Ballar
Basketball Player (uncredited)
Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas
Patron (uncredited)
Gus Scharr
Priest (uncredited)
Brian Shakti
Catholic School Boy (uncredited)
Bryan Goluboff
Screenplay
Dana Congdon
Editor
David Phillips
Director of Photography
Liz Heller
Producer
Lisa Katcher
Script Supervisor
Jeffrey Perkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kathie Hersch
Line Producer
Diane Hammond
Makeup Artist
Victor Iorillo
Sound Designer
Victor Iorillo
Supervising Sound Editor
Daniel Tripoli
Sound Effects Editor
Larry Hoki
Sound Recordist
Christopher Nowak
Production Design
David J. Hudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jacqueline Arnot
Set Dresser
Paul B. Clay
Supervising Sound Editor
David C. Robinson
Costume Design
Harriet Zucker
Set Decoration
Susan Kurtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dan Genetti
Executive Producer
Jeffrey Rollins
Set Dresser