Al Pacino Collection: Panic in Needle Park

UPC: 024543114888

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Adult Situations, Not For Children, Substance Abuse]

Summary: A couple loves heroin as much as they love each other in Jerry Schatzberg's grim drug drama. After an illegal abortion at the behest of her faithless lover (Raul Julia), lost innocent Helen (Kitty Winn) finds solace with small-time crook Bobby (Al Pacino), a regular in Manhattan's "Needle Park." As Bobby shows her around his Upper West Side world, the two become inseparable. When Helen realizes that Bobby is a full-blown junkie, she joins him in addiction, and their downward spiral begins in earnest. Weathering overdoses, prostitution, betrayals, and a "panic" after a major bust, the pair manages to stick together, the habit sealing their fate. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Actress – Cannes Film Festival

Al Pacino Collection: Panic in Needle Park

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 06/19/2007

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen, 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 109 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- The Panic in Needle Park [FS]
1. Main Titles [2:01]
2. Is It Good? [3:19]
3. A Plane From Jersey City [2:55]
4. Street Shopping [3:45]
5. Reasons to Leave [4:15]
6. My Brother Hank [4:31]
7. The Worms [7:13]
8. The Best High [3:37]
9. Tomorrow [1:51]
10. What I'll Do [1:33]
11. Only Chipping [6:31]
12. I'll Get a Job [4:32]
13. Where's Bobby? [1:43]
14. Wait for the Knock [2:47]
15. When I Get Out [4:16]
16. No Games [2:09]
17. The Middle Man [3:06]
18. What We Need [5:20]
19. A Family Friend Named "John" [6:43]
20. Balancing the Highs [:24]
21. Back to Marcos [5:54]
22. Seeking Help Through Lies [7:54]
23. How the Game Is Played [2:53]
24. End Credits [2:32]
Disc #2 -- The Panic in Needle Park [WS]
1. Main Titles [2:01]
2. Is It Good? [3:19]
3. A Plane From Jersey City [2:55]
4. Street Shopping [3:45]
5. Reasons to Live [4:15]
6. My Brother Hank [4:31]
7. The Worms [7:13]
8. The Best High [3:37]
9. Tomorrow [1:51]
10. What I'll Do [1:33]
11. Only Chipping [6:31]
12. I'll Get a Job [4:32]
13. Where's Bobby? [1:43]
14. Wait for the Knock [2:47]
15. When I Get Out [4:16]
16. No Games [2:09]
17. The Middle Man [3:06]
18. What We Need [5:20]
19. A Family Friend Named "John" [6:43]
20. Balancing the Highs [:24]
21. Back to Marcos [5:54]
22. Seeking Help Through Lies [7:54]
23. How the Game Is Played [2:53]
24. End Credits [2:32]

Lucia Bozzola

One of a cycle of drug addiction films from the early 1970s, including Born to Win and Dusty and Sweets McGee (both 1971), Panic in Needle Park reveals the dark underside of the late '60s drug culture. Rather than explain why Helen and Bobby turn to drugs, the film focuses on relationships ravaged by heroin; the ending may be abrupt but it's clear where they are headed. Panic was shot on location in New York City, with a script by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne based upon James Mills' reportage about Needle Park, and its atmospheric authenticity extends to excruciating close-ups of junkies laboring to find a good vein. While its grim realism earned accolades, and Winn was awarded Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, the realism proved too much for the paying public, despite the timely subject matter. Al Pacino's first major film performance, however, convinced Francis Ford Coppola that he was the man for The Godfather (1972). Needle Park, itself, may have since become upscale real estate, but Panic in Needle Park remains a ruthless testament to the fallacy of heroin chic. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Paul Mace  Actor 
Paul Sorvino  Actor 
Marcia Jean Kurtz  Actor 
Gil Rogers  Actor 
Dora Weissman  Actor 
Arnold Williams  Actor 
Bryant Fraser  Actor 
Angie Ortega  Actor 
Anthony Palmer  Actor 
Raul Julia  Actor 
Florence Tarlow  Actor 
Sully Boyar  Actor 
Larry Marshall  Actor 
Warren Finnerty  Actor 
Nancy MacKay  Actor 
Joe Santos  Actor 
Dominick Dunne  Producer 
Jerry Schatzberg  Director 
Joan Didion  Screenwriter 
John Gregory Dunne  Screenwriter 
Al Pacino  Actor 
Kitty Winn  Actor 
Alan Vint  Actor 
Richard Bright  Actor 
Kiel Martin  Actor 
Michael McClanathan  Actor 

Country: USA