Burbank, Calif. – As part of the year-long centennial celebration for the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studio, the iconic supernatural film The Exorcist from Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin (The French Connection) will be available for purchase on 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital for the first time this September.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its 1973 release, on September 19, The Exorcist will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc from online and in-store at major retailers and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu, and more.
The Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs include both the 1973 theatrical version of the film and the 2000 Extended Director’s Cut of the film, which features eleven additional minutes of footage not seen in theaters.
Directed by Friedkin, who died today at age 89, from a screenplay by Academy Award winner William Peter Blatty, the film is based on Blatty...
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its 1973 release, on September 19, The Exorcist will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc from online and in-store at major retailers and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu, and more.
The Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs include both the 1973 theatrical version of the film and the 2000 Extended Director’s Cut of the film, which features eleven additional minutes of footage not seen in theaters.
Directed by Friedkin, who died today at age 89, from a screenplay by Academy Award winner William Peter Blatty, the film is based on Blatty...
- 8/7/2023
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
"What an excellent day for an exorcism." Warner Bros has unveiled a new official trailer for the 4K Ultra HD re-release on Blu-ray of the horror classic The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin. As everyone already knows, there's a brand new reboot/remake of this Exorcist series coming up later this year - called The Exorcist: Believer (featuring Ellen Burstyn returning again). This original film is celebrating its 50th anniversary, originally released around Christmas time (seriously) in the US back in 1973. When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious demonic entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to try and save her daughter. The Exorcist stars Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, and Jason Miller. Still regarded as one of the scariest movies ever made, this looks better than ever properly restored in pristine 4K quality. Is it still as creepy as before?...
- 8/4/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
As part of the year-long centennial celebration for the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studio, the iconic supernatural film The Exorcist from Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin (The French Connection) will be available for purchase on 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital for the first time this September, Bloody Disgusting has learned today.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its 1973 release, on September 19 The Exorcist will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc from online and in-store at major retailers and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more.
The Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs include both the 1973 theatrical version of the film and the 2000 Extended Director’s Cut of the film which features eleven additional minutes of footage not seen in theaters.
Directed by Friedkin from a screenplay by Academy Award winner William Peter Blatty, the film is based on Blatty’s 1971 novel of the same name.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its 1973 release, on September 19 The Exorcist will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc from online and in-store at major retailers and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more.
The Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs include both the 1973 theatrical version of the film and the 2000 Extended Director’s Cut of the film which features eleven additional minutes of footage not seen in theaters.
Directed by Friedkin from a screenplay by Academy Award winner William Peter Blatty, the film is based on Blatty’s 1971 novel of the same name.
- 8/1/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Audience reactions to "The Exorcist" when it was first released have since passed into cinematic lore, with tales of people passing out and vomiting with fear. When it came to the sequel, "Exorcist II: The Heretic," the crowd's reaction was no less visceral, albeit for very different reasons. According to William Friedkin, people in the theater were so incensed by what they saw that they angrily chased the producers down the street (this should probably be taken with a grain of salt).
To say John Boorman's "Exorcist II" has developed a bad rap is a major understatement. In "The Golden Turkey Awards," a readers' poll of the worst films ever made, it placed second only to Ed Wood's B-movie masterpiece "Plan 9 From Outer Space." This offers an interesting point of comparison as both films are the work of an auteur swinging for the fences despite their limitations: Wood...
To say John Boorman's "Exorcist II" has developed a bad rap is a major understatement. In "The Golden Turkey Awards," a readers' poll of the worst films ever made, it placed second only to Ed Wood's B-movie masterpiece "Plan 9 From Outer Space." This offers an interesting point of comparison as both films are the work of an auteur swinging for the fences despite their limitations: Wood...
- 1/11/2023
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
It’s time for a new episode of The Manson Brothers Show, which is hosted by the writers/stars of the horror comedy The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre – Chris Margetis (Stone Manson) and Mike Carey (Skull Manson). With this episode, the Manson Brothers are looking back at one of the most popular horror movies, ever made, the 1973 classic The Exorcist (watch it Here). To find out what they have to say about The Exorcist, check out the video embedded above!
Directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay written by William Peter Blatty (based on Blatty’s own novel), The Exorcist has the following synopsis: When young Regan starts acting odd — levitating, speaking in tongues — her worried mother seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. A local priest, however, thinks the girl may be seized by the devil. The priest makes a request to perform an exorcism, and...
Directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay written by William Peter Blatty (based on Blatty’s own novel), The Exorcist has the following synopsis: When young Regan starts acting odd — levitating, speaking in tongues — her worried mother seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. A local priest, however, thinks the girl may be seized by the devil. The priest makes a request to perform an exorcism, and...
- 1/9/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Alfredo James Pacino, or Al Pacino as he's more widely known, is one of Hollywood's most iconic actors, known for his intense and riveting performances across a varied but often gritty portfolio of films. Whether playing a mob boss, a cop, a coke-addled drug lord, or even the Devil himself, the nine-time Oscar nominee and Academy Award winner has brought his signature vigor and smoldering intensity to each and every role.
Not only has the octogenarian delivered outstanding performances throughout his more than 50-year career, but many of the films he's starred in are considered all-time classics. That's a real win-win for all of us, if you ask me. How do you rank a filmography as great and iconic as his? It's not going to be easy, but we're about to try. Join us as we dive into Al Pacino's impressive roster of movies and rank the 15 best.
If you...
Not only has the octogenarian delivered outstanding performances throughout his more than 50-year career, but many of the films he's starred in are considered all-time classics. That's a real win-win for all of us, if you ask me. How do you rank a filmography as great and iconic as his? It's not going to be easy, but we're about to try. Join us as we dive into Al Pacino's impressive roster of movies and rank the 15 best.
If you...
- 8/31/2022
- by Layla Halfhill
- Slash Film
Joan Didion, the journalist, novelist, and screenwriter of such films as the 1976 “A Star Is Born” died Thursday at her home in Manhattan at the age of 87. The New York Times reported that the cause was Parkinson’s disease.
Didion was born in Sacramento in 1934. The fifth-generation Californian found some of her most important material for her earliest writing in the culture and chaos of her home state. Her career began after she won a pair of writing contests put on by magazines during her time at Uc Berkeley. One of those wins led her to begin writing at Vogue.
She worked her way up to features editor at the fashion magazine. In 1963 she published her first novel, “Run River,” about the unraveling of a marriage that also serves as a commentary on the history of California.
Around that time and while living in New York she struck up a friendship,...
Didion was born in Sacramento in 1934. The fifth-generation Californian found some of her most important material for her earliest writing in the culture and chaos of her home state. Her career began after she won a pair of writing contests put on by magazines during her time at Uc Berkeley. One of those wins led her to begin writing at Vogue.
She worked her way up to features editor at the fashion magazine. In 1963 she published her first novel, “Run River,” about the unraveling of a marriage that also serves as a commentary on the history of California.
Around that time and while living in New York she struck up a friendship,...
- 12/23/2021
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Move over, Clint Eastwood — the 91-year-old “Cry Macho” director isn’t the only nonagenarian American director intent on staying busy. At the age of 94, filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg hasn’t directed a movie since 2000’s “The Day the Ponies Come Back,” but still feels like he could make his swan song. “I’ve recently decided I’d really like to do one more film,” the New York-based director said in a phone interview with IndieWire last week, sounding a bit raspy but energized nonetheless. “I don’t know what it is yet.”
He added that he recently heard an interview on Wnyc with author Atticus Lish about his novel “The War for Gloria.” Curious, Schatzberg sought out the book and has been thinking about it adapting it. “Most of my friends can’t believe I’m the age I am because I don’t act it,” Schatzberg said. “I don’t really think about it.
He added that he recently heard an interview on Wnyc with author Atticus Lish about his novel “The War for Gloria.” Curious, Schatzberg sought out the book and has been thinking about it adapting it. “Most of my friends can’t believe I’m the age I am because I don’t act it,” Schatzberg said. “I don’t really think about it.
- 10/11/2021
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Jerry Schatzberg is among the great American filmmakers who changed the landscape in the 1970s, but his name is one that has taken some time to get the recognition it deserves. While he may not have landed with the same initial impact as a Francis Ford Coppola or Martin Scorsese, the years have been kind to films like The Panic in Needle Park and Scarecrow, invigorating a passion that ranks them as some of the decade’s very best.
A renowned photographer with work in magazines such as Vogue and Esquire, Schatzberg is also responsible for the iconic cover of Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde. This was all done before he made his feature debut with 1970’s Puzzle of a Downfall Child, starring then-fiancée Faye Dunaway. That would begin a career working with some of the best actors the world has ever seen, from Al Pacino and Gene Hackman...
A renowned photographer with work in magazines such as Vogue and Esquire, Schatzberg is also responsible for the iconic cover of Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde. This was all done before he made his feature debut with 1970’s Puzzle of a Downfall Child, starring then-fiancée Faye Dunaway. That would begin a career working with some of the best actors the world has ever seen, from Al Pacino and Gene Hackman...
- 10/8/2021
- by Mitchell Beaupre
- The Film Stage
The power of Christ may compel you, but at least in Hollywood the Devil still holds some sway. Indeed, an entire trilogy of The Exorcist sequels is now taking shape at Blumhouse Productions, Universal Pictures, and Peacock, and the new movies will even see Ellen Burstyn reprise the role of Chris MacNeil for the first time in 50 years. That’s some damn powerful casting.
Producer Jason Blum recently revealed to Den of Geek that David Gordon Green was writing a sequel to the seminal 1973 horror movie which would “be like David’s Halloween sequel,” referencing the 2018 reboot that ignored all the previous Halloween follow-ups and acted as a definitive follow-up to the 1978 original. That movie has since been spun off into a full fledged trilogy, including this October’s Halloween Kills. At the time, it was an open question whether that meant Green’s The Exorcist would ignore the other...
Producer Jason Blum recently revealed to Den of Geek that David Gordon Green was writing a sequel to the seminal 1973 horror movie which would “be like David’s Halloween sequel,” referencing the 2018 reboot that ignored all the previous Halloween follow-ups and acted as a definitive follow-up to the 1978 original. That movie has since been spun off into a full fledged trilogy, including this October’s Halloween Kills. At the time, it was an open question whether that meant Green’s The Exorcist would ignore the other...
- 7/26/2021
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, William O’Malley, Barton Heyman | Written by William Peter Blatty | Directed by William Friedkin
More than the possession of a young girl, The Exorcist possesses every inch of our bodies, dragging us from our safe rooms into the very streets of George Town. It embodies everything that is grand and glorious about cinema, everything that is tragic and hard about life and everything terrifying, shocking and haunting that is horror.
The Exorcist was first released in 1973 and I suppose, by now, everything that can ever be said about the film has surely been said, however that won’t stop me saying how I feel, or even what this film did to me. Now as I write down these words The Exorcist is a film that I’ve only had in my world for...
More than the possession of a young girl, The Exorcist possesses every inch of our bodies, dragging us from our safe rooms into the very streets of George Town. It embodies everything that is grand and glorious about cinema, everything that is tragic and hard about life and everything terrifying, shocking and haunting that is horror.
The Exorcist was first released in 1973 and I suppose, by now, everything that can ever be said about the film has surely been said, however that won’t stop me saying how I feel, or even what this film did to me. Now as I write down these words The Exorcist is a film that I’ve only had in my world for...
- 11/1/2019
- by Alex Ginnelly
- Nerdly
I believe animals in film bring a sense of reality to the scene. They make us more conscious about the actions and decisions of our heroes.
There’s a beautiful scene in “Panic in Needle Park,” when Al Pacino and Kitty Winn play addicts who shoot heroin on a ferry and the puppy they just adopted appears to fall off the boat and drown. It’s tragic, and by looking at the innocent animal they just hurt, the characters finally realize the consequences of their actions. I think we all have a natural affinity to animals, so it can play on that deep emotional connection.
Animals are unpredictable and sometimes impossible to direct, but if you learn to be flexible, an animal can help make a scene feel more authentic and compelling for the audience. That’s the experience I had directing a chicken on the set of my new indie drama “Mobile Homes.
There’s a beautiful scene in “Panic in Needle Park,” when Al Pacino and Kitty Winn play addicts who shoot heroin on a ferry and the puppy they just adopted appears to fall off the boat and drown. It’s tragic, and by looking at the innocent animal they just hurt, the characters finally realize the consequences of their actions. I think we all have a natural affinity to animals, so it can play on that deep emotional connection.
Animals are unpredictable and sometimes impossible to direct, but if you learn to be flexible, an animal can help make a scene feel more authentic and compelling for the audience. That’s the experience I had directing a chicken on the set of my new indie drama “Mobile Homes.
- 1/22/2019
- by Vladimir de Fontenay
- The Wrap
One of the most jeered-at, overcooked sequels of all time thoroughly deserves its reputation as a train wreck of a movie. In hindsight we see a heap of resources and cinematic fireworks thrown at a project with little chance of survival. ‘There must be a sequel’ spake Warner Bros., and lo Sir John of Boorman stepped up to the plate. I think a lot of the scorn was blowback from the power of the original Friedkin picture, a blockbuster that was just too profane of an act to follow.
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Blu-ray
Scream Factory
1977 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 118 and 102 min. / Collector’s Edition / Street Date September 25, 2018 34.93
Starring: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Paul Henreid, James Earl Jones, Ned Beatty, Belinda Beatty, Rose Portillo.
Cinematography: William A. Fraker
Film Editor: Tom Priestley
Special Visual Effects: Bill Hansard, Albert Whitlock, Frank Van Der Veer
Special...
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Blu-ray
Scream Factory
1977 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 118 and 102 min. / Collector’s Edition / Street Date September 25, 2018 34.93
Starring: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Paul Henreid, James Earl Jones, Ned Beatty, Belinda Beatty, Rose Portillo.
Cinematography: William A. Fraker
Film Editor: Tom Priestley
Special Visual Effects: Bill Hansard, Albert Whitlock, Frank Van Der Veer
Special...
- 10/2/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Drug addicts! Who in 1970 really knew what life was like for them? Jerry Schatzberg, Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne's story of hell on the streets of NYC provided a stunning debut for Al Pacino -- and should have done the same for Kitty Winn. It sounds too tough to watch, but it's riveting. The Panic in Needle Park Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 1971 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 109 min. / Ship Date June 14, 2016 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Raul Julia, Joe Santos, Paul Sorvino Cinematography Adam Holender Film Editor Evan Lottman Original Music Ned Rorem Written by Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne from the novel by James Mills. Produced by Dominique Dunne, Roger M. Rothstein Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
We all know how the 1970s upheaval in Hollywood brought new talent to film -- actors,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
We all know how the 1970s upheaval in Hollywood brought new talent to film -- actors,...
- 6/26/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Cult movie classic ‘Pretty Poison’ filmmaker Noel Black dead at 77 (photo: Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins in ‘Pretty Poison’) Noel Black, best remembered for the 1968 cult movie classic Pretty Poison, died of pneumonia at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on July 5, 2014. Black (born on June 30, 1937, in Chicago) was 77. Prior to Pretty Poison, Noel Black earned praise for the 18-minute short film Skaterdater (1965), the tale of a boy skateboarder who falls for a girl bike rider. Shot on the beaches of Los Angeles County, the dialogue-less Skaterdater went on to win the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film and tied with Orson Welles’ Falstaff - Chimes at Midnight for the Technical Grand Prize at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. Besides, Skaterdater received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Short Subject, Live Action category. (The Oscar winner that year was Claude Berri’s Le Poulet.) ‘Pretty Poison’: Fun and games and...
- 8/10/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The second of the “Carte Blanche” double bills began with The Last 15, Antonio Campos’ sophomore short film which followed in the footsteps of Buy It Now (winner of Cinefondation‘s First Prize at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival) and competed for the festival’s 2007’s Palme d’Or. Influenced by the work of master filmmaker Michael Haneke who would ultimately influence Campos’ own filmmaking approach, The Last 15 focuses on the NYC dwelling filled with members of the Kirkland clan (familiar faces in Zoe Lister Jones and Christopher McCann are amongst the actors). With the family home’s ceiling crumbling, Campos displays a collective accumulating individual net worth/debts by utilizing intertitles (think tragic version of the Priceless ad campaign) to detail income, debt, possible financial woes. Twisted and mordant, the short is filled with overlapping spoken dialogue, shut out members hearing but not listening to one another in a controlled chaos setting,...
- 7/6/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The Panic in Needle Park
Written by Joan Dion and John Gregory Dunne; based on the book by James Mills
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
USA, 1971
Al Pacino gives a riveting performance as Bobby, an energetic street hustler and heroin addict who forms a bizarre, yet accepting relationship with a homeless woman, Helen, played by Kitty Winn. The Panic in Needle Park is a gut-wrenching expose into the drug culture in New York City. American films of the late sixties, such as Easy Rider, Performance and The Trip, portrayed the edgy glamour and counter-culture boom of the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll revolution, but after the release of The Panic in Needle Park, filmmakers forecast the downward spiral of addiction. Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll transgressed into heroin, prostitution and jail. To this day, no other film has topped the realistic portrayal of the drug culture. Shot in a documentary-like fashion,...
Written by Joan Dion and John Gregory Dunne; based on the book by James Mills
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
USA, 1971
Al Pacino gives a riveting performance as Bobby, an energetic street hustler and heroin addict who forms a bizarre, yet accepting relationship with a homeless woman, Helen, played by Kitty Winn. The Panic in Needle Park is a gut-wrenching expose into the drug culture in New York City. American films of the late sixties, such as Easy Rider, Performance and The Trip, portrayed the edgy glamour and counter-culture boom of the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll revolution, but after the release of The Panic in Needle Park, filmmakers forecast the downward spiral of addiction. Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll transgressed into heroin, prostitution and jail. To this day, no other film has topped the realistic portrayal of the drug culture. Shot in a documentary-like fashion,...
- 6/23/2013
- by Yale Freedman
- SoundOnSight
The British actor on rediscovering his love of acting, marriage and having a terrible time working with Von Trier
Hi Paul. What are you doing in Los Angeles?
I always ask myself the exact same question. I'm actually here to shoot a film called Transcendence with Johnny Depp (1). I'm just starting today, I'm in and out of wardrobe. So wish me luck.
You got it. In the meantime, let's talk about Blood (2). The person you play suffers a pretty brutal character arc. Were you able to shoot the film in sequence?
No, there was a lot of jumping around. Directors always say, "Oh, we'll shoot it in sequence", but it turns out to be an incredibly costly way of working, because it involves moving lots of trucks. Consequently, you have to shoot all the scenes that take place in one location, then move on to the next. But for all that,...
Hi Paul. What are you doing in Los Angeles?
I always ask myself the exact same question. I'm actually here to shoot a film called Transcendence with Johnny Depp (1). I'm just starting today, I'm in and out of wardrobe. So wish me luck.
You got it. In the meantime, let's talk about Blood (2). The person you play suffers a pretty brutal character arc. Were you able to shoot the film in sequence?
No, there was a lot of jumping around. Directors always say, "Oh, we'll shoot it in sequence", but it turns out to be an incredibly costly way of working, because it involves moving lots of trucks. Consequently, you have to shoot all the scenes that take place in one location, then move on to the next. But for all that,...
- 5/30/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
William Friedkin on the set of The Exorcist William Friedkin brought us The French Connection and The Exorcist, two obvious conversation topics when chatting with the Oscar-winning director, but on top of that there is so much more he's brought to the table worthy of discussion and your attention. In Part One of this interview I featured our conversation pertaining to Friedkin's new film Killer Joe. In Part Two we're rewinding the clock back to the early '70s and discussing The French Connection and whether or not Howard Hawks (The Big Sleep) really did give him the push to direct the film and what he did to get Gene Hackman mad for his Oscar-winning performance as Jimmy Doyle. We discuss The Exorcist and I ask about the rumored television show and if he's ever seen any of the sequels. We talk about his lawsuit over the rights to Sorcerer,...
- 7/26/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Needle Park, an area in New York in which heroin addicts hung out, scored drugs, shot up and generally killed time. Introducing us to this area is Bobby (Al Pacino) and Helen (Kitty Winn), a pair of addicts who dream of a different life but seem set on a path that seems to have no possibility of a happy ending.
Based on a book by James Mills, also titled Panic in Needle Park and equally as grim, the script for Panic in Needle Park was written by married writers Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. The script, and indeed director Jerry Schatzberg’s approach, is rooted in capturing an essence of the real lives of the people it is striving to represent. The efforts to capture these lives is very reminiscent of works such The Addict in the Street, originally published in 1964 and written by Jeremy Larner and Ralph Tefferteller,...
Based on a book by James Mills, also titled Panic in Needle Park and equally as grim, the script for Panic in Needle Park was written by married writers Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. The script, and indeed director Jerry Schatzberg’s approach, is rooted in capturing an essence of the real lives of the people it is striving to represent. The efforts to capture these lives is very reminiscent of works such The Addict in the Street, originally published in 1964 and written by Jeremy Larner and Ralph Tefferteller,...
- 9/5/2011
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Blu-ray reissue of the classic Scarface is out today. To celebrate, James looks back over the most memorable performances of its star, Al Pacino...
With a veritable catalogue of iconic performances to his name, it’d be hard to argue against the fact that Al Pacino is the finest – and most consistent – American actor to ever grace the silver screen.
From his first, small part in the 1969 independent movie, Me Natalie, through to his performance in the upcoming biopic of Phil Spector, Pacino’s career has always been eye-catching.
However, it was his appearance in the 1971 movie The Panic In Needle Park that properly kick-started his film-career. A bleak, verité style film, The Panic In Needle Park told the story of Bobby (Pacino) a hustling, drug addict in early 70s New York and his doomed relationship with fellow junkie, Helen (Kitty Winn).
An art house hit, The Panic in Needle Park...
With a veritable catalogue of iconic performances to his name, it’d be hard to argue against the fact that Al Pacino is the finest – and most consistent – American actor to ever grace the silver screen.
From his first, small part in the 1969 independent movie, Me Natalie, through to his performance in the upcoming biopic of Phil Spector, Pacino’s career has always been eye-catching.
However, it was his appearance in the 1971 movie The Panic In Needle Park that properly kick-started his film-career. A bleak, verité style film, The Panic In Needle Park told the story of Bobby (Pacino) a hustling, drug addict in early 70s New York and his doomed relationship with fellow junkie, Helen (Kitty Winn).
An art house hit, The Panic in Needle Park...
- 9/2/2011
- Den of Geek
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.
Sorry, folks… there are simply too many great films streaming this week to post an image for them all, but that’s a good thing, eh? You’ve got your movie watching work cut out for you, due in great part to Miramax releasing damn near their entire catalog of films on one day!
B. Monkey (1999)
Streaming Available: 05/01/2011
Director: Michael Radford
Synopsis: Good-hearted schoolteacher Alan Furnace (Jared Harris) desperately wants some excitement in his life — and he may just get some. One lonely night at a London bar, Alan spies the raven-haired beauty Beatrice (Asia Argento) arguing with two friends, Paul (Rupert Everett) and Bruno (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers). Beatrice quickly befriends Alan and...
Sorry, folks… there are simply too many great films streaming this week to post an image for them all, but that’s a good thing, eh? You’ve got your movie watching work cut out for you, due in great part to Miramax releasing damn near their entire catalog of films on one day!
B. Monkey (1999)
Streaming Available: 05/01/2011
Director: Michael Radford
Synopsis: Good-hearted schoolteacher Alan Furnace (Jared Harris) desperately wants some excitement in his life — and he may just get some. One lonely night at a London bar, Alan spies the raven-haired beauty Beatrice (Asia Argento) arguing with two friends, Paul (Rupert Everett) and Bruno (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers). Beatrice quickly befriends Alan and...
- 4/29/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Best known for her work in “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Chinatown,” “Network” and “Mommie Dearest,” Faye Dunaway’s stark image graces the poster for the 64th Festival de Cannes.
Taken in 1970, the image was crafted by photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, a New Yorker who took home Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1973 for “Scarecrow,” a rarely referenced feature starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino that fared less than well at the box office. Schatzberg also helmed the critically lauded another Al Pacino-starrer, “The Panic in Needle Park,” for which the little-known Kitty Winn picked up Cannes’ Best Actress award.
The press office cites the poster image of Dunaway as a “Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.”
It might be difficult for some, especially those who’ve seen Dunaway’s recent stage turn in Edward Albee’s...
Taken in 1970, the image was crafted by photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, a New Yorker who took home Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1973 for “Scarecrow,” a rarely referenced feature starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino that fared less than well at the box office. Schatzberg also helmed the critically lauded another Al Pacino-starrer, “The Panic in Needle Park,” for which the little-known Kitty Winn picked up Cannes’ Best Actress award.
The press office cites the poster image of Dunaway as a “Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.”
It might be difficult for some, especially those who’ve seen Dunaway’s recent stage turn in Edward Albee’s...
- 4/4/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Best known for her work in “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Chinatown,” “Network” and “Mommie Dearest,” Faye Dunaway’s stark image graces the poster for the 64th Festival de Cannes.
Taken in 1970, the image was crafted by photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, a New Yorker who took home Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1973 for “Scarecrow,” a rarely referenced feature starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino that fared less than well at the box office. Schatzberg also helmed the critically lauded another Al Pacino-starrer, “The Panic in Needle Park,” for which the little-known Kitty Winn picked up Cannes’ Best Actress award.
The press office cites the poster image of Dunaway as a “Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.”
It might be difficult for some, especially those who’ve seen Dunaway’s recent stage turn in Edward Albee’s...
Taken in 1970, the image was crafted by photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, a New Yorker who took home Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1973 for “Scarecrow,” a rarely referenced feature starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino that fared less than well at the box office. Schatzberg also helmed the critically lauded another Al Pacino-starrer, “The Panic in Needle Park,” for which the little-known Kitty Winn picked up Cannes’ Best Actress award.
The press office cites the poster image of Dunaway as a “Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.”
It might be difficult for some, especially those who’ve seen Dunaway’s recent stage turn in Edward Albee’s...
- 4/4/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Rob Lowe has joined the cast of I Melt With You, a thriller that already stars Jeremy Piven and Thomas Jane. Lowe is on board to play a doctor “with deep personal loss and a growing drug addiction.” Jeez, since when did Modern English turn into such a downer? [Deadline]
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Danity Kane singer Aubrey O’Day will star in her own reality TV show on Oxygen. The Aubrey O’Day Project will follow the singer as she attempts to forge a comeback in the music industry. Looks like Diddy’s getting more cheesecake! [THR]
Borat and Brüno director Larry Charles will helm Pierre Pierre,...
- 7/20/2010
- by Kate Ward
- EW.com - PopWatch
By Aaron Hillis
Journalist, novelist, essayist and all-around elegant wordsmith Joan Didion won the National Book Award in 2005 for "The Year of Magical Thinking," a memoir and instant classic about the year following the death of her husband John Gregory Dunne. With her late partner, Didion co-wrote such screenplays as "True Confessions," "Up Close & Personal" and "A Star is Born" (the Babs version, naturally), as well as the best of the lot, an adaptation of James Mills' novel "The Panic in Needle Park." Released in 1971, director Jerry Schatzberg's stark, moving, gorgeously photographed drama refers to the triangular Manhattan intersection at Broadway and 72nd Street -- now dubbed Sherman Square, but then a hotbed for heroin junkies. A brilliant but at the time unknown Al Pacino stars as a small-time pusher who falls for smacked-out Midwesterner Kitty Winn (who won the Best Actress award at Cannes for her role...
Journalist, novelist, essayist and all-around elegant wordsmith Joan Didion won the National Book Award in 2005 for "The Year of Magical Thinking," a memoir and instant classic about the year following the death of her husband John Gregory Dunne. With her late partner, Didion co-wrote such screenplays as "True Confessions," "Up Close & Personal" and "A Star is Born" (the Babs version, naturally), as well as the best of the lot, an adaptation of James Mills' novel "The Panic in Needle Park." Released in 1971, director Jerry Schatzberg's stark, moving, gorgeously photographed drama refers to the triangular Manhattan intersection at Broadway and 72nd Street -- now dubbed Sherman Square, but then a hotbed for heroin junkies. A brilliant but at the time unknown Al Pacino stars as a small-time pusher who falls for smacked-out Midwesterner Kitty Winn (who won the Best Actress award at Cannes for her role...
- 1/28/2009
- by Aaron Hillis
- ifc.com
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