jim carroll on basketball in nyc 1/18/91 cleveland ohio

[MilitantMovieBuff]

was the character micky played by mark wahlberg based on a real person? is "Mickey" in the book?

[PixelPwner]

@MilitantMovieBuff you have the read the book,because the film is narrowly based on it,in a sort of Fast Summary,the book is a lot different and an actual Diary with both poetry,adventure's,his drug use,where he live's/moves to,and his friend's/associate's, I believe Mickey was more or less based on one of the charator's, i dont think he and pedro actually met in the book hahah,but yah,the book is a real good one,first book i cared to finish start to end when i was 13 year's old.

[PixelPwner]

@PixelPwner actually let me re-write about mickey,the movie mix's two of the books charactor's,the actual Mickey from early in the book,who some of the films scene's are based on,and than the later in the book charactor who wasn't named mickey,but the movie sort've splice's them into 2 charactor's i think.

[dubbedcrazy]

damn, he would've made a great sportscaster/announcer....(sig­h) : (

[delgj74]

Jim was awesome !! Love his writting. I wish i got to hang with him , i could just sit and listen to him rapp all day long he was so interesting. Great clip. R.I.P jim carroll

[dc82194]

the movie didn't encompass the book very well in my opinion. is there any clips of jim playing ball?

[Dolgaz]

@dc82194 I agree, I miss the hippie-style in the movie, and the 4-friends-solution is not so good, Jim did have about 100 good friends in ny

[bigrussthefusss]

@dc82194 i doubt it. its hard to even find good pictures of him except for that one on the cover of basketball diaries novel

[MathiasKure]

Just watched that movie for the 5. time, thanks for pointing that out paulieh24, i didn`t know that...

[paulieh24]

its a great film. great poet.great man. he died while me and some friends were doing a poetry session in our city. R.I.P Jim

[waters129]

@MathiasKure

You know that movie does not even come close to everything jim went through! and everything he saw in New York. In reality he went through a whole lot more!! the Leonardo di cabrio movie kind of glamorises the whole thing a bit!!!

[82rondo]

@waters129 Yeah, the movie was really made in the mid nineties as an anti heroin grunge\chic propoganda film. I hated the movie, it came out when trainspotting also came out. They were supposed to make it in the 80s with Eric Stoltz (closest actor that looks like him). Wish they did.

[triplebean]

Amazing clip, thank you for posting!! RIP Jim...

[paulieh24]

he is in the basketball diaries, he plays a junkie in the drug den tellin a story to leonardo di caprio

[JoshNortonalias]

are there any videos of jim playing basketball? does anyone know where to find such a thing?

[robwayne1000]

@JoshNortonalias i just visioned shopping bags full of dope inside that spoon LOL.

[hendoballs]

Jim Carroll is great! Far from a square if you ask me. Love this guy.

[idlescribbler]

this guy's a square... he's a smart talented addict... i'm so tired of hearing of his 47 points