Original poster (with Ontario Censor Board classification)
Directed by
Jerry Schatzberg
Screenplay by
Joan Didion John Gregory Dunne
Based on
The Panic in Needle Park 1966 novel by James Mills
Produced by
Dominick Dunne
Starring
Al Pacino
Kitty Winn
Alan Vint
Richard Bright
Raúl Juliá
Kiel Martin
Paul Sorvino
Cinematography
Adam Holender
Edited by
Evan A. Lottman
Production companies
Gadd Productions Corp. Didion-Dunne
Distributed by
20th Century-Fox
Release date
July 13, 1971 (1971-07-13)
Running time
110 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1,645,000[1]
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.[2] The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, adapted from the 1966 novel by James Mills.
The film portrays life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in "Needle Park" (a nickname at that time for Sherman Square on Manhattan's Upper West Side near 72nd Street and Broadway).[3] The film is a love story between Bobby (Pacino), a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen (Kitty Winn), a restless woman who finds Bobby charismatic. She becomes an addict, and life goes downhill for them both as their addictions worsen, eventually leading to a series of betrayals.
^Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p256
^Ciment, Michel. "Biography". Jerry Schatzberg's Official Website. Archived from the original on March 16, 2007.
^Greenspun, Roger (July 14, 1971). "Screen: Schatzberg's 'The Panic in Needle Park'; Drug Addicts Trapped on Upper West Side Kitty Winn and Pacino Are Ill-Fated Lovers". The New York Times. p. 19. Filmmuseum Berlin - Deutsche Kinemathek Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
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