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The Panic in Needle Park
Why this pick
Like Midnight Cowboy, it finds bruised tenderness in a harsh New York street world, following an unstable bond with an unsentimental, intimate 1970s naturalism.
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MOVIE1969 1h 53m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Joe Buck, a young, slightly dim-witted Texan who is working as a dishwasher, decides to quit his job and heads to New York City to become a male prostitution. Initially unsuccessful, he manages to bed a middle-aged New York woman in her posh apartment, but the encounter ends badly and he despairs that he won't be able to make ends meet, until he joins forces with a tubercular con man named Ratso who changes his life.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Dustin Hoffman
Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo
Jon Voight
Joe Buck
Sylvia Miles
Cass
John McGiver
Mr. O'Daniel
Brenda Vaccaro
Shirley
Barnard Hughes
Towny
Ruth White
Sally Buck
Jennifer Salt
Annie