The Panic in Needle Park

"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.