The Panic in Needle Park
3.5
(78)
Drama
Romance
1971
110 min
R
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.
Starring:
Al Pacino
,
Kitty Winn
,
Alan Vint
,
Richard Bright
,
Kiel Martin
,
Michael McClanathan
,
Warren Finnerty
Drama
Romance
AD
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"Amazing movie. Raw, realistic, well acted, of course, its Al Pacino. He plays Bobby. Kitty Winn plays Helen. Helen could have been my Mom. My birth parents were also heroin dealer/addicts in NYC around this time, but we lived on the Lower East Side. When Helen first hangs out in that apartment with Bobby and his junkie friends, I'm thinking: "This guy's no Jimi Hendrix or Jim Morrison, why sex and drugs with no Rock n' Roll?" But then I realize, she's looking to score something."
Rowland Afraizh Hamilton
