The Panic in Needle Park

 

The Panic in Needle Park 1971

·        Director: Jerry Schatzberg

·        Cast: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn

·        Why? A classic

·        Seen: Once before. Now 28 September 2025 

Bobby (Pacino) and Helen (Winn) are drug addicts, and in love. She’s an innocent from Indiana, he’s been in the street hustling since he was nine.

It can’t go well and it doesn’t. It’s grim but it’s also boring. It’s not as good as I remember it.

It’s Pacino’s first big role. 

2 ½ * of 5