The Panic in Needle Park
James Mills
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Release Date: 30/06/2020
A Life magazine reporter drew upon his firsthand experience of New York City's junkie underworld in the 1960s to create this fictionalized account about two addicts during a heroin shortage.
"A taut, documentary narrative." — The New York Times. Life reporter James Mills drew upon his firsthand experience of New York City's junkie underworld to create this harrowing, fictionalized account of the tragic love affair between two addicts — a small-time street hustler and a middle-class Midwesterner — during a heroin shortage. The basis for the celebrated 1971 film, Al Pacino's first leading role.