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)
Brian Ferrari
St. Vitus Student (uncredited)
Mary Ann Hannon
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas
Patron (uncredited)
Gus Scharr
Priest (uncredited)
Brian Shakti
Catholic School Boy (uncredited)
Bryan Goluboff
Screenplay
Liz Heller
Producer
David Phillips
Director of Photography
Dana Congdon
Editor
Lisa Katcher
Script Supervisor
Dan Genetti
Executive Producer
Kathie Hersch
Line Producer
Christopher Nowak
Production Design
Harriet Zucker
Set Decoration
David C. Robinson
Costume Design
Diane Hammond
Makeup Artist
Jacqueline Arnot
Set Dresser
Paul B. Clay
Supervising Sound Editor
Larry Hoki
Sound Recordist
David J. Hudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Victor Iorillo
Supervising Sound Editor
Victor Iorillo
Sound Designer
Susan Kurtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeffrey Perkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Daniel Tripoli
Sound Effects Editor
Jeffrey Rollins
Set Dresser