The Panic in Needle Park (1971)

Well shove me sideways, I've just seen the best movie EVAH. 

It's the first movie of my real-time Pacino adventures.  The Panic in Needle Park.   WOW.    

The Panic in Needle Park, for the uninitiated, is a 1971 movie about druggies 'n' stuff.

  

It stars our boy Al in the lead as Bobby, a sweet minor thug turned junkie with the best wardrobe ever.

Kitty Wynn costars as the sweet young thang Bobby helps move past Marco's pot brownies.

Vis:

That, my friend, is the not-dated-at-all trailer from the original release.

A bit of trivia:  Footage of Pacino's performance in this, his first starring role, is what Francis Ford Coppola used to convince reluctant studio heads to give an unknown Al a chance. So, eventually, finally, they relented and let Coppola cast him in the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather.  (God forbid they didn't get to cast Robert Redford! The horror! What a bunch of dumbheads. What were they thinking? A blonde-haired Michael.  Yeeeaaaah. Okay.  Riiiiiiight.) 

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In all seriousness, this movie gets a  9.9 out of 10!  A masterpiece of young Pacino if there ever was one.

The breakdown of the scores:

Al's hotness:  10

Story: 9.85

Other Actors Not Sucking: 10

Is Richard Bright in this Movie? YES?: 10

Now For Some REAL Fun.

Now, our inaugural post...  Pacino, in the beginning.

(Well, post-The Panic in Needle Park, but pre-Godfather.)

Here's the situation:

I am a Sopranos fan. BIG.  And, would you believe, I finally got finished watching the series about 2 months ago?  Yeah, I sat and watched it nearly straight through for a month or so.  It's true, I have no life; I really should look into that shit.

But, anyway.  I was done with Sopranos and needed another mobfix.  What was the logical choice?  No, not Living Lohan.  DUH!  NO, NOT Casino (Ca-seen-it!).   Yes, that's right -- The Godfather. I and II.

I rented it from my friendly local Blockbuster video, and, well, my li'l life changed forever.  Was anyone in that movie besides Al Pacino?  Iforget.

SO, that brings us to the creation of this blog, Pacino in Real Time.

I've always wanted to blog about something; god knows I've got enough to babbleonia about.

I decided I'd write my reviews, observations, and general swoonery  of  Pac-man's movies (terrible pun. who writes this shit?)  IN REAL TIME -- Yes, that's right.  As I watch them.

Since I've never seen any of em before.  With me? K.

Without enough ado, I gibs you:  

THE FREAKING SCREENTEST THAT THEY PUT MY POOOOOR AL THROUGH, EVEN THO HE'S GOD OR SOMETHING DUH:

Al Pacino in Real Time

Screenings.

Reviews.

Madcap fun!

AND More!