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The Panic in Needle Park

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The Panic in Needle Park
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R,1hr 50min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1971
Director:
Jerry Schatzberg
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint  ...more
Synopsis: A couple loves heroin as much as they love each other in Jerry Schatzberg's grim drug drama. After an illegal abortion at the behest of her faithless lover (Raul Julia), lost innocent Helen (Kitty Winn) finds solace with small-time crook Bobby (Al Pacino), a regular in Manhattan's "Needle Park." As Bobby shows her around his Upper West Side world, the two become inseparable. When Helen realizes that Bobby is a full-blown junkie, she joins him in addiction, and their downward spiral begins in earnest. ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
One of a cycle of drug addiction films from the early 1970s, including Born to Win and Dusty and Sweets McGee (both 1971), Panic in Needle Park reveals the dark underside of the late '60s drug culture. Rather than explain why Helen and Bobby turn to drugs, the film focuses on relationships ravaged by heroin; the ending may be abrupt but it's clear where they are headed. Panic was shot on location in ... Full Review
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Al Pacino
Bobby
Kitty Winn
Helen
Alan Vint
Hotchner
Richard Bright
Hank
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