Product Details

• Actors: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Kiel Martin
• Directors: Jerry Schatzberg
• Writers: James Mills, Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne
• Producers: Dominick Dunne, Roger M. Rothstein
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: June 19, 2007
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000A9QK6E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,113 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Panic in Needle Park" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Product Description

Item Name: The Panic in Needle Park; Studio: 20th Century Fox

Product Description

A young man and woman try to maintain their relationship as their heroin addiction threatens to destroy them both.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 19-JUN-2007
Media Type: DVD

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still one of the Best, November 8, 2007

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Charles E. Lewis "movie addict" (Lincoln, Ne usa) - See all my reviews
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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.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Compulsory For Anbody Thinking of Using, June 26, 2007

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David Baldwin (Philadelphia,PA USA) - See all my reviews
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I was a little taken aback by the film's "PG" rating. Drug use is treated frankly, there's some strong language and fleeting nudity. But then I thought why shouldn't young people of a certain age see this film. They are the most vulnerable in being ensnared into the drug culture and maybe they should heed the film's cautionary message. I also found the timing of this film's release, 1971, interesting because it comes at a time when the drug culture was in full bloom and we were only a few years removed from "Easy Rider". The selling point is, of course, Al Pacino who is nothing short of amazing as the small-time thief who goes from pecking to full-blown addiction. I thought this was more Kitty Winn's picture, though. Her character could be anybody's daughter who for reason's unknown takes up a serious drug habit. The film is essentially a love story between Pacino and Winn's characters. I couldn't decide whether the love between the two brought a little light to their dismal straits or that they were enabling each other into a worse addiction. For obvious reasons the film's message is timeless because, unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world. Pacino and director Jerry Schatzberg would later collaborate on another seventies gem, "Scarecrow", that is well worth checking out.

20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get This Movie!, September 14, 2005

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tacks31 (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Panic in Needle Park (DVD)

This film is a classic that is long overdue on DVD. Al Pacino makes a stunning debut. This is an intense drama whose gritty and accurate reflection of drug addiction will not easily be forgotten. Pacino's portrayal so impressed Francis Ford Coppola that he cast the new actor in The Godfather.