The Panic in Needle Park
The Panic in Needle Park

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This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in "Needle Park" in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves. She becomes addicted too, and life goes downhill for them both as their addiction deepens, eventually leading to a series of betrayals. But, in spite of it all,... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Panic in Needle Park:

Al Pacino
Kitty Winn
Alan Vint
Richard Bright
Kiel Martin
Michael McClanathan

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This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in "Needle Park" in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves. She becomes addicted too, and life goes downhill for them both as their addiction deepens, eventually leading to a series of betrayals. But, in spite of it all, the relationship between Bobby and Helen endures.

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The Telegraph - 10/10 by Philip HorneThe pitch to the studio was "Romeo and Juliet on junk": fair enough, but it crackles with life, and this is a tremendous rediscovery.
Slant Magazine - 9/10 by Fernando F. CroceRemembered mainly as the neophyte Pacino’s launching pad into Godfather stardom, the modestly scaled, harrowing Panic in Needle Park has over the decades proven to be nearly as influential as Coppola’s blockbuster, setting a cinematic template later used by Drugstore Cowboy, Requiem for a Dream, and a good deal of Sundance Channel fodder.
Filmcritic.com - 9/10 by Christopher NullMore a character study than any kind of narrative story, it's moderately worthwhile but far from a classic.
Chicago Sun-Times - 9/10 by Roger EbertIt is not filled with quick cutting or gimmicky editing, but Jerry Schatzberg's direction is so confident that we cover the ground effortlessly. We meet the characters, we get to know the world.
USA Today - 9/10 by Mike ClarkA portrait of two junkies in love—largely faded from memory, but it proves well worth revisiting.
New Yorker - 8/10 by Richard BrodySchatzberg doesn’t romanticize addicts’ troubles; with a tender but unsparing eye, he spins visual variations on shambling degradation and transient relief.
Creative Loafing - 8/10 by Matt BrunsonBleak and downbeat, this remains a more effective anti-drug PSA than any of Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" finger-wagging.
The New York Times - 7/10 by Roger GreenspunIt is a nightmare world view, but it is a world view, and The Panic in Needle Park never pretends that it is subject to moral condemnations, or to easy cure or the insights of urban sociology.
Village Voice - 7/10 by J. HobermanWinn pretty much plays it as it lays—her obvious acting works with her character’s weak sense of self. Pacino, however, is a force of nature.
Spirituality and Practice - 6/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn occasion to meditate upon the frightfulness of heroin addiction and why many youth opt for the euphoria of white powder rather than the promises of the American dream.

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