{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f442ddbd134a00108ef75e/6a33a5db01f32268516bcfb5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 75: The Panic In Needle Park with Marcia Jean Kurtz","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64f442ddbd134a00108ef75e/1781768623815-e85a5645-26e6-447c-b798-e3fef09ce22d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Panic In Needle Park celebrates its 55th anniversary this month. The film tells the story of heroin addict Bobby (Al Pacino - <em>The Godfather</em>, <em>Frankie &amp; Johnny</em>, <em>Ocean's Thirteen</em>) and his clean-cut girlfriend Helen (Kitty Winn - <em>The Exorcist</em>, <em>Peeper</em>, <em>Mirrors</em>) as they spend their time in New York's Needle Park. As their relationship grows, so too does Bobby's pressure on Helen to try drugs. </p><p>Directed by Jerry Schatzberg (<em>Scarecrow</em>, <em>Puzzle of a Downfall Child</em>, <em>Sweet Revenge</em>) and written by John Gregory Dunne (<em>A Star Is Born</em>, <em>True Confessions</em>, <em>Up Close &amp; Personal</em>) and Joan Didion (<em>A Star Is Born</em>, <em>True Confessions</em>, <em>Up Close &amp; Personal</em>).</p><p><br></p><p>Actor Marcia Jean Kurtz (<em>Death Wish</em>, <em>Once Upon A Time In America</em>, <em>The Wrestler</em>) joins the podcast to discuss playing Marcie, Helen's best friend, in <em>The Panic In Needle Park</em>. Kurtz also talks about what it was like shooting on the streets on New York, why she was so nervous to work with Pacino and how she came to be working with Al again on <em>Dog Day Afternoon</em>. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>All About Al: The Pacino Podcast is written, produced and presented by Mark Searby. </p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Mark Searby"}