The Panic in Needle Park Jerry Schatzberg Digital Life DVD

The Panic in Needle Park
starring: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Kiel Martin
directed by: Jerry Schatzberg

Used Price: $17.88

Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5031932106176
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Sales Rank: 116000
Theatrical Release Date: 1971

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- Honesty rarely hurts this much...
There are few films that are truly able to capture what it feels like to be addicted. Probably the film that comes the closest and is the most compelling (albeit most disturbing) is `Requiem for a Dream'; at least in my humble opinion. The little known gem that is `The Panic in Needle Park' comes very close though, for like `Requiem for a Dream', `The Panic in Needle Park' strips everything bare and delivers a very harsh reality to the viewer, exploring the depths that some will stoop to just to find their next fix.

`The Panic in Needle Park' tells the story of Bobby, a young heroine addict who falls in love with Helen, a sweet and innocent young girl who is taken up by Booby's apparent bad boy persona. He is new and interesting and unlike anyone she's ever really known before. Sure, she's been around drugs but she's never really been exposed at such an alarming rate until she met Bobby. Soon she ... Read More

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- Is Al Pacino ever anything but inspiring?
A truly well acted movie and a very accurate portrait of life as a heroin addict.

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- Still one of the Best
I hadn't seen this flick since it's original release. I've been waiting a looonnng time for it to come out on DVD. In my opinion it is STILL the most realistic, gritty, depressing, and believeable portrayal of the lifestyle of heroin junkies ever put on film. I worked in law enforcement and had an up-front and personal view of the kinds of people this movie was about. The only truer depiction would have to be an on the scene filmed documentary. They rarely make movies as good as this one these days.

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- Heroin
I had never seen this movie till today. Boy what a gem! This movie is definitely a downer on a very serious subject but you really get into the people and the romance between Pacino and Kitty Witt. It starts out with him charming this very young and naive girl. Pacino is a fast talking, fast walking petty theif who lives from fix to fix trying to scavenge enough money to shoot up. It starts out with her being very naive but falling for him and accepting his 'habit'. "I'm just chipping," he tells her meaning that he isn't a full blown addict but just experimenting. But then she falls into his lifestyle. At first it is admirable because she is experiencing all the sights and sounds of New York and Pacino seems to know everybody. But then she descends into the abyss with Pacino.

Great movie.

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