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The Panic in Needle Park

The Panic in Needle Park

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Summary

A drug addict and dealer living in a dangerous neighbourhood of New York meets a troubled woman recovering from a botched abortion. They begin a relationship that inevitably leads to her joining him in heroin addiction as a short supply of narcotics leads to tension on the streets. Drama, starring Al Pacino, Kitty Winn and Alan Vint.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Angie Errigo

Drug abuse movies can be hard to take, but this compelling drama has a superior screenplay (by Joan Didion and her husband John Gregory Dunne) and sensational performances from young Al Pacino and Kitty Winn. He's the cheeky bad boy and she the nice, sweet girl irresistibly drawn to him, and together their youthful dabbling in drugs drags them down into addiction and a harrowing spiral of squalor and loathing. Pacino's electrifying presence here convinced Francis Ford Coppola to fight enormous studio resistance to the unknown New Yorker and cast him as Michael Corleone in The Godfather. Look out, too, for Raul Julia and Paul Sorvino.

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7.1/10

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Cast

rolenameBobbyAl PacinoHelenKitty WinnHotchnerAlan VintHankRichard BrightIreneAngie OrtegaMarcieMarcia Jean KurtzMarcoRaul JuliaChicoKiel MartinSamuelsPaul Sorvino

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Crew

rolenameDirectorJerry Schatzberg

Details

Released on

1975-07-03

Languages

English

Guidance

Contains violnce, swearing, drug abuse and nudity.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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