The Panic - In Needle Park

The New Beverly Cinema blog features a piece by Kim Morgan that highlights the film's unflinching documentary style. It provides fascinating trivia:

: It was the first mainstream film to show actual drug injections in close-up. The Panic in Needle Park

: Francis Ford Coppola screened this film for Paramount executives to convince them that Al Pacino was the right choice for the role of Michael Corleone. The New Beverly Cinema blog features a piece