Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: film is adaptation of and memoirist Jim Carroll 's juvenile diaries chronicling kaleidoscopic free-fall into harrowing world of drug addiction poet, Fact2: court becomes metaphor for world in mind, Fact3: Bobby best friend and appetite for cocaine and heroin begin to encroach on Jim 's dream of becoming basketball star, Fact4: Jim is suspended from school due to playing basketball game while under influence of drugs, Fact5: dark streets of New York become refuge from Jim 's mother 's mounting concern for son
Output (English): The film is an adaptation of poet and memoirist Jim Carrolls juvenile diaries chronicling his kaleidoscopic freefall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. The role of Jim is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jims life centers on his friends and the basketball court; the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. Bobby Michael Imperioli, a best friend who is dying of leukemia; a coach Swifty, played by Bruno Kirby who makes sexual advances to Jim; and an appetite for cocaine and heroin begin to encroach on young Jims dream of becoming a basketball star. After Bobby succumbs to his illness, Jim tries heroin for the first time and quickly becomes hooked. After Jim is suspended from school due to playing a basketball game while under the influence of drugs, he drops out. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from Jims mothers mounting concern for her son. It is revealed that Jim’s mother threw him out of their apartment earlier for cursing her out over his drug usage. As a result, Jim cannot go back home due to his drug use. The only escape that Jim has from the reality of the streets is heroin, for which he steals, robs, and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie Ernie Hudson, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim picked up a game now and then, he is able to begin the long journey back to sanity. Ultimately, Jims mother has him arrested when he shows up at her home stoned and high and demands money. The journey ends with Jims incarceration in Rikers Island for four crimes: assault, robbery, resistance of arrest, and possession of narcotics. After Jim spends months in prison and ceases his drug use, he gets released, changes his life, and performs poetry drawn from his diaries.