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Film: Lech Kowalkski's STORY OF A JUNKIE
Lech Kowalski Introduces and screens "Story Of A Junkie,"
a new, better quality print of this legendary underground EV Epic. From Wikipedia: Story of a Junkie is a 1987 drama film directed by Lech Kowalski and starring John Spaceley. Distributed by Troma Entertainment. Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin addiction. The movie has amassed quite a reputation in certain circles for its depictions of hard drug usage in New York City's East Village area. Many of the cast members, including leading man John Spaceley, are actual junkies.
The numerous shooting-up sequences are reportedly entirely real, as are many of the drug dens and their denizens.
Perhaps even more notable than the cinema verite structure is the almost total lack of moralizing on the part of the producers or its characters. Troma Entertainment hails STORY OF A JUNKIE as one of the company's best films;
it's one of the most well-known outside of the films directed by Troma founders Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. Tonight, we'll be showing a new, better quality print of this legendary underground EV epic.
Director Lech Kowalski introduces the screening.
No refunds. No credit card sales at the door. Programs subject to change.
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LocationTheatre 80 ST. MARKS (View)
80 Saint Marks Place
New York, NY 10003
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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