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The Panic in Needle Park. Roger Ebert January 01, 1971. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Some heroin users are not only addicted to the drug, but psychologically addicted to the needle; their dependency is inseparable from the ritual surrounding it.
80% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 75% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Bobby (Al Pacino) is a heroin addict who lives in "Needle Park," the nickname for an area on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where...
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- Jerry Schatzberg
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- Al Pacino
A year before Al Pacino got his career role as Michael Corleone in The Godfather he and Kitty Winn got great reviews as a pair of junkies in The Panic In Needle Park. This film is a brutal and realistic look at the New York's nasty world of the narcotics addict as seen through Pacino and Winn.
A brilliantly performed, remarkably un-exploitative (and occasionally funny) portrayal of the ravages of drug addiction, shot with searing documentary-style realism from Schatzberg. Full Review...
The Panic in Needle Park. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews. 74. User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings. 8.0.
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- Jerry Schatzberg
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- Al Pacino
The Panic in Needle Park is a 1971 American drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino (in his first lead role) and Kitty Winn. The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, adapted from the 1966 novel by James Mills.
Jun 1, 1971 · Review. Director Jerry Schatzberg's style looks remarkably like Ingmar Bergman's in works like "Scenes From a Marriage." Using no music background only real life sounds, abrupt scene cutting and cross-cutting, highly realistic style, and copious closeups, the Bergman influence is apparent.
