Story of a Junkie
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| Story of a Junkie | |
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| Directed by | Lech Kowalski |
| Produced by | Lech Kowalski |
| Starring | John Spacely |
| Cinematography | Raffi Ferrucci |
| Edited by | Val Kuklowsky |
| Music by | Chuck Kentis |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Language | English |
Story of a Junkie is a 1987 drama film directed by Lech Kowalski and starring John Spacely.[1] Distributed by Troma Entertainment.
Shot in a documentary style, the film follows Gringo, a young man who travels to New York City in search of fortune, only to fall into heroin addiction.
Artistic features
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.[citation needed] Many of the cast members, including leading man John Spacely, are actual junkies.[citation needed] The numerous shooting-up sequences are reportedly entirely real, as are many of the drug dens and their denizens.[citation needed] Perhaps even more notable than the cinéma vérité structure is the almost total lack of moralizing on the part of the producers or its characters.
