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Needle (1990)
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Sean McKee, Emma Bird, Pete Postlethwaite, Anna Keaveney
Runtime83 min
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Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmarish descent into intravenous heroin use and AIDS and a police and political leadership incapable of the imagination or courage necessary to respond to the drug problem.
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Directed by Gillies MacKinnon, Needle is a harrowing yet vital 1990 drama that paints a vivid, unflinching portrait of the devastating impact of the heroin epidemic in Liverpool, anchored by powerful performances from a cast led by Sean McKee and Pete Postlethwaite.
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