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Teamed with his friends Mickey, Neutron and Pedro, high school student Jim Carroll seems headed for a bright basketball career. But when pressures from his coach, his mom, and school seem to mount, Jim finds solace in all the wrong places, and the dark streets of New York begin to tear him apart.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Revell, Graeme (Composer)
Corporate Authors: New Line Cinema Corporation, Island Pictures, Palm Pictures, Orion Pictures
Other Authors: Kalvert, Scott (Director), Heller, Liz (Producer), Manulis, John Bard (Producer), Goluboff, Bryan (Scenarist), DiCaprio, Leonardo (Actor), Kirby, Bruno, 1949-2006 (Actor), Bracco, Lorraine, 1955- (Actor), Hudson, Ernie (Actor), McGaw, Patrick (Actor), Madio, James (Actor), Wahlberg, Mark, 1971- (Actor), Carroll, Jim
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English, SDH (subtitles for the deaf & hard of hearing).
Closed-captioned.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Orion Pictures Corp. : 1998.
Edition:Widescreen version.
Subjects:
Carroll, Jim > Drama.
Basketball players > Drama.
High school athletes > Drama.
Sports films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Basketball films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:Teamed with his friends Mickey, Neutron and Pedro, high school student Jim Carroll seems headed for a bright basketball career. But when pressures from his coach, his mom, and school seem to mount, Jim finds solace in all the wrong places, and the dark streets of New York begin to tear him apart.
Item Description:Title from disc surface.
Based on the novel by Jim Carroll.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
Special features: digitally remastered, Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound, interactive menus, interviews, SDH and scene index.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC.
Production Credits:Music, Graeme Revell ; production designer, Christopher Nowak ; editor, Dana Congdon ; director of photography, David Phillips ; executive producers, Chris Blackwell, Dan Genetti ; screenplay, Bryan Goluboff ; producers, Liz Heller, John Bard Manulis ; director, Scott Kalvert.