Needle
1990, English. Directed by Gillies MacKinnon.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 12 September 1990
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Jimmy McGovern
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Needle runs 83 minutes (1h 23m).
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What movies are like Needle?
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Who directed Needle?
Needle (1990) was directed by Gillies MacKinnon and stars Sean McKee, Emma Bird, Pete Postlethwaite.