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Al Pacino (Actor), Kitty Winn (Actor), Jerry Schatzberg (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn
  • Directors: Jerry Schatzberg
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Second Sight Films
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Sept. 2011
  • Run Time: 105 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B005BRSGPS
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The film that launched the career of Al Pacino and earned him a role in The Godfather was originally banned in the UK for its stark portrayal of heroin addiction in New York.
Jerry Schatzberg directs this hard-hitting drama following lost soul Helen as she slides into the world of drug dependency. Following an illegal botched abortion she has a chance meeting with small-time crook Bobby. The pair fall hard for each other and soon Helen becomes embroiled in Bobby's world of heroin addiction in Manhatten's Needle Park. Surrounded by prostitution, overdoses and the panic of a major drug bust the couple weather the storm of their bleak existence.

Special Features:
'Panic In The Streets of New York' - featuring interviews with director Jerry Schatzberg and cinematographer Adam Holender
'Writing In Needle Park' - an interview with writer Joan Didion

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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent performance from Pacino
By Mystery Martian on 10 Sept. 2010
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Like many people I bought this DVD as an Al Pacino completist. For that, you get everything you want for your money - he is on top form, playing an absolute black sheep of a character who you still root for. But he's not just affable and sympathetic, he also effortlessly gives what could have been a very difficult role a kind of emotional weight and resonance that you feel long after watching it. The other actors are solid and convincing without ever trying to upstage him (few actors can do that anyway). I felt myself genuinely feeling for the characters (and their poor little puppy).
Without Pacino this would be a decent 3 star sort of movie. But Pacino gives it aggro and intensity, the like of which you just don't see often enough in movies these days. He's one of those rarities, just shining his very unique light wherever he goes. And I really enjoy this sub-sub-genre sort of movie, a character movie inside a drugs movie inside a New-York-story kind of movie. Despite the fact that it deals with some pretty serious and heavy 'problems in society' I like watching it for the look and feel of the time. The clothes, styles, hairdo's and most of all gritty old New York during the 1970's, shown here for all it actually was rather than the sanitised and very often glamourous false image it is still often given. If you're looking for a disco-era weren't-the-seventies-funny movie look elsewhere!
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4.0 out of 5 starspanic in needle park, a forgotten classic of 70's cinema
By A Customer on 13 Oct. 2002
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This recently re-released film is interesting in that it heralds the arrival on the big screen of Al Pacino, but also in the fact that Schatzberg's film is a pioneer in its depiction of drug addiction, which when seen in context of the time, really is an achievement on every level. This film offers no glamorisation and the escapism of populist 70s drug films, yet it also avoids sensationalism and overt melodrama, with its depiction of a simple relationship torn apart. It is easy to see how Pacino caught the attention of Coppola here, developing the alertness and depth of character which he was to develop under the following film and his subsequent career, yet this is not an easy film to watch. It is at times both gruelling and relentless, but when dealing with the subject that it does, and with such fantastic performances from both its leads, this is a film to grab while you can.
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3.0 out of 5 starslike a headache after smoking a stale cigarette...
By Serkan Silahsor on 13 Oct. 2007
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Before watching "The Panic in Needle Park" I had lots of lofty expectations due to at least two reasons: First, this is Al Pacino's first feature length film and his performance as an appealing but self-absorbed addict took Coppola's interest and elevated him "Godfather" stardom. "Panic" gave him enough chance to show his charisma, talent and depth as an actor. Second, being a controversial film in its day, this was the first time that an "urban addiction drama" hit the screen. In this sense, "Panic" can be seen as a precursor, or a perfect template later used by more flamboyant, graphic-intensive pictures like "Drugstore Cowboy", "Trainspotting", "Requiem for a Dream" and even "Gia".

The film focuses on the ups and downs of two doomed souls, Bobby and Helen, who wasted their lives in a downward spiral into hell without any realistic thought for tomorrow. The meaning of life is just to score, shoot, and survive, nothing more. The performances of Al Pacino and Kitty Winn are top notch. The role earned Winn the Best Actress Award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. But contrary to strong individual performances, I found the romantic chemistry between them weak.

"Panic" has a bittersweet taste of an independent film: improvisational, free-form and razor-sharp realistic. There is no music throughout the film, only dialogues and real life sounds. It tastes like a stale cigarette. Depressive mood and sordidness of Manhattan's Upper West Side are reflected perfectly. Intense and disturbing depiction of heroine shots are almost documentary nature. Thankfully, there are no Hollywood sappiness to undermine the film's effectiveness. Schatzberg did a good job by not cuing viewer's moods, just letting the picture tell the story.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsHarrowing grime of drug milieu
By technoguy VINE VOICE on 25 Jun. 2014
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Like a lot of American early 70s films we get the downside of the 60s high,the documentary fall out from 60s dreams.The title refers to heroin abuse in New York City’s Sherman Square,where addicts ply their trade and share an illusory feeling of community.Helen(Kitty Winn) is shown in a subway car following a clandestine abortion,she seems muted with pain,occluded by distress.She’s lost in the city and falls for Bobby(Pacino,scuzzy charisma),a small-time smack-pusher who introduces her to the world of strung-out junkies,who steal,love,cheat,befriend and betray.No addict is above betrayal when their habit is on the line(as a narc says).Their romance flickers like a candle about to go out.The film seems to be shot on hand-held cameras in decaying,deadbeat interiors or in the streets and has a jaunty feel to it(Schatzberg had been a photographer).Schatzberg seems attuned to his addicts’ wounded lives.The film focuses on the process of shooting up,from mapping out a usable vein to the rush of a needle hitting home.Pacino gives it his all,this is his 1st star-making role.Kitty Winn is excellent as the once clean girlfriend who falls into the sink of hell.With a good supportive cast of characters,the film is the template for later drug films like Drugstore Cowboy and Requien for a Dream in its chronicle of alienation.This reminds you of all Pacino's later great roles,The Godfather,Scarecrow,Serpico,Carlito's Way.
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