Cinematic background from The Panic in Needle Park 1971 - A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.

The Panic in Needle Park

1971

Drama

Directors:
Jerry Schatzberg
Writers:
James Mills, Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne
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Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman looking at each other in a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of people sitting on top of a wooden bench; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of people standing next to each other near a chain link fence; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man standing in a grocery store looking at the camera; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man looking through a window in a train; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of men sitting at a table drinking coffee; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A person wearing a plaid shirt; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man in a suit smoking a cigarette next to another man in a suit; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man with his hand to his ear while another man with his hand to his ear looks at him; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman sitting in front of a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A person wearing a black jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman holding a small dog; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man in a hat and sunglasses is smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman laying on a bed next to a man; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A young woman with long brown hair wearing a red jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A young man with long blonde hair wearing a fur coat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman walking through a store filled with lots of food; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman wearing a sweater and a hat; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – An older man with a shaved head and a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – Two women standing next to each other on the street; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of people sitting on top of a wooden bench; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A young man with brown curly hair wearing a white hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man smoking a cigarette in front of another man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman looking in the mirror while talking on the phone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman sitting at a table in front of a plate of food; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman sitting next to each other on a bench; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman sitting next to each other; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a man sitting in the back of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman with long brown hair is looking at another woman with long brown hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A person holding his hand to his head; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman walking down a hallway; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A young man wearing a sweater and a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man smoking a cigarette while wearing a white neck tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A person smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman sitting on a train looking out of the window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman sitting next to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman are standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman walking down a street; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man sitting in front of another man in front of papers; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman with long brown hair wearing a red jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of people standing next to each other on a street; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman with long brown hair sitting in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A person with long brown hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man is standing in front of a phone booth; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman with long dark hair stares into the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man in a tie sitting next to another man in a tie; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman sitting on a bed; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman and a baby in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man holding a knife in the middle of a street; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and two women talking to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man in a military uniform standing in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman in a black sweater and a hat is standing in a hallway; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A young man wearing a white sweater and a brown jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of men standing on a street corner; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of people standing next to each other on a street; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of people sitting at a table with food; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – Two men are standing in the street talking to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man sitting at a table with a cigarette in his mouth; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man sitting on top of a bench next to another man; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of people sitting in the back of a car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man wearing a hat and a jacket talking to another man; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman standing next to each other near a chain link fence; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – Three people standing next to an old vw beetle car; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of people sitting at a table drinking coffee; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A woman sitting on the edge of a sink in a bathroom; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman walking up some stairs; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A group of people sitting at a table eating food; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man in a hat and glasses is looking down; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A man and a woman talking on some steps; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), directed by Jerry Schatzberg – A street scene with cars parked on the side of the road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle