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What You Need To Know:
Content:
(AB, LLL, VV, SS, NN, A, D, Ho, M) Anti-biblical worldview including blasphemy, mocking & cursing the cross & Jesus' name; 84 obscenities & 6 profanities; fighting, mugging & murder; teenage promiscuity; brief female & male nudity; excessive alcohol & drug abuse; implied homosexuality; and, smoking, revenge & theft.
More Detail:
Based on the true story of famed street poet Jim Carroll and his harsh encounters with sex, drugs and violence, THE BASKETBALL DIARIES stars Leonardo DiCaprio in a well-made visual journal depicting the lives of four Catholic school boys who go from being high school basketball stars to teenage junkies on the streets of New York City. After the death of his friend Billy, Jim enters a world of drug and alcohol abuse. After a friend rescues him from freezing weather and a term in jail, Jim rids himself of his addiction. The movie ends with Jim standing in front of an audience as they applaud him for his monologue on his life as a teenage junkie.
THE BASKETBALL DIARIES is an incredible dramatization of a teenager’s life on the streets of New York City. The acting is phenomenal, and the direction is superb. Although the language is fowl and includes blasphemy and cursing Jesus’ Name, it depicts the harsh world on the streets. The personal compromise necessary to obtain drugs leads to homosexual prostitution, mugging, stealing, and even murder. THE BASKETBALL DIARIES portrays life mixed with drugs as it truly is — painful and destructive to self, family and friends — and illustrates the desperation a drug addict feels while searching lonely streets for money and drugs.
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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.
What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.
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