Premise: James Mills (author) . His books The Panic in Needle Park and Report to the Commissioner were later made into major motion pictures by 20th Century Fox and United Artists respectively . Sherman Square . This provided the title and general setting for the gritty 1971 film The Panic in Needle Park ( set in Sherman Square , according to its credits ) , directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino in his second role . The Panic in Needle Park . The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne , adapted from the 1966 novel by James Mills . The film portrays life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in `` Needle Park '' ( then-nickname of Sherman Square on Manhattan 's Upper West Side near 72nd Street and Broadway ) . The film is a love story between Bobby ( Pacino ) , a young addict and small-time hustler , and Helen ( Kitty Winn ) , a restless woman whom finds Bobby charismatic .
Hypothesis: The Panic in Needle Park is only a book.
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