6.1
Score
Budget$2M
Box office$2.4M
LanguageEN
CountriesUnited States of America
The Basketball Diaries
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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The Basketball Diaries · 1995
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Art
- Christopher Nowak Production Design
- Harriet Zucker Set Decoration
- Jacqueline Arnot Set Dresser
- Jeffrey Rollins Set Dresser
- David Cooney Storyboard Artist
- Heidi Topper Location Scout
- Timothy Metzger Leadman
- James R. Bilz Property Master
- Fred Merusi Construction Coordinator
- Arne Olsen Key Construction Grip
- Ralph Fratianni Construction Grip
- Glen Engels Construction Grip
Camera
- David Phillips Director of Photography
- Jim McConkey Camera Operator
- Jim McConkey Steadicam Operator
- Alan Wolfe First Assistant Camera
- Vince J. Vennitti Second Assistant Camera
- John Clifford Still Photographer
- K.C. Bailey Still Photographer
- Gary Martone Key Grip
- Monique Mitchell Best Boy Grip
- Charlie Marroquin Dolly Grip
Costume & Make-Up
Crew
Directing
Editing
Lighting
Production
- Liz Heller Producer
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John Bard Manulis
Producer
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Avy Kaufman
Casting
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Chris Blackwell
Executive Producer
- Dan Genetti Executive Producer
- Kathie Hersch Line Producer
- Diana Schmidt Unit Production Manager
- Eddy Collyns Location Manager
- Trish Adlesic Assistant Location Manager
- Andrew Saxe Assistant Location Manager
- Michele Giordano Production Coordinator
- Byron Crystal Extras Casting
- Diane Silverstadt Casting Assistant
Sound
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Graeme Revell
Original Music Composer
- 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
- William Sarokin Sound Mixer
- George Leong Boom Operator
- Pat Somerset ADR Editor
- Jerry Jacobson Dialogue Editor
- Cindy Rabideau Dialogue Editor
- Patrick O'Sullivan Dialogue Editor
- Ken Miller Dialogue Editor
- Susan Kurtz Sound Effects Editor
- Joshua Winget Music Editor
- Beau Biggart ADR Mixer
- Sina Oroomchi Foley Mixer
- Bill Mellow Foley Mixer
- Dan Wallin Scoring Mixer
- Billy Gottlieb Music Coordinator