{"product_id":"story-of-a-junkie-blu-ray-cd-combo","title":"Story of a Junkie (BLU-RAY\/CD Combo)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":15233,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"10\":2,\"11\":4,\"12\":0,\"14\":{\"1\":3,\"3\":1},\"15\":\"Helvetica Neue\",\"16\":11}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;John Spacely, known on the streets as Gringo, has spent much of his life selling - and using - drugs, mostly heroin. Since relocating from his native California to the Lower East Side of New York, Gringo has gained a group of steady customers for the dope he sells, amongst them musicians and actors and, in the process, has also developed a reputation as a colorful street character; hanging out amongst the dilapidated environs of Lower Manhattan. 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Filmed entirely on location, and featuring a supporting cast of Gringo's real life friends and customers, Vinegar Syndrome Labs presents the Blu-ray debut of this remarkably human document not just of the long-gone punk counterculture on the Lower East Side, but of the fascinating and colorful personalities who populated it.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eNewly scanned \u0026amp; restored in 4K from its 16mm original camera negative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":15233,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"10\":2,\"11\":4,\"12\":0,\"14\":{\"1\":3,\"3\":1},\"15\":\"Helvetica Neue\",\"16\":11}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;John Spacely, known on the streets as Gringo, has spent much of his life selling - and using - drugs, mostly heroin. 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Filmed entirely on location, and featuring a supporting cast of Gringo's real life friends and customers, Vinegar Syndrome Labs presents the Blu-ray debut of this remarkably human document not just of the long-gone punk counterculture on the Lower East Side, but of the fascinating and colorful personalities who populated it.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\"Thirteen Weeks of Hell: Editing Story of a Junkie\" (11 min) - an interview with editor Val Kuklowsky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":15233,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"10\":2,\"11\":4,\"12\":0,\"14\":{\"1\":3,\"3\":1},\"15\":\"Helvetica Neue\",\"16\":11}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;John Spacely, known on the streets as Gringo, has spent much of his life selling - and using - drugs, mostly heroin. 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Filmed entirely on location, and featuring a supporting cast of Gringo's real life friends and customers, Vinegar Syndrome Labs presents the Blu-ray debut of this remarkably human document not just of the long-gone punk counterculture on the Lower East Side, but of the fascinating and colorful personalities who populated it.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\"Troma: The Last Stop on the Train\" (4 min) - an interview with Troma President Lloyd Kaufman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":15233,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"10\":2,\"11\":4,\"12\":0,\"14\":{\"1\":3,\"3\":1},\"15\":\"Helvetica Neue\",\"16\":11}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;John Spacely, known on the streets as Gringo, has spent much of his life selling - and using - drugs, mostly heroin. 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Filmed entirely on location, and featuring a supporting cast of Gringo's real life friends and customers, Vinegar Syndrome Labs presents the Blu-ray debut of this remarkably human document not just of the long-gone punk counterculture on the Lower East Side, but of the fascinating and colorful personalities who populated it.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eArchival interview with producer Ann S. Barish (10 min)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":15233,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"10\":2,\"11\":4,\"12\":0,\"14\":{\"1\":3,\"3\":1},\"15\":\"Helvetica Neue\",\"16\":11}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;John Spacely, known on the streets as Gringo, has spent much of his life selling - and using - drugs, mostly heroin. 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Since relocating from his native California to the Lower East Side of New York, Gringo has gained a group of steady customers for the dope he sells, amongst them musicians and actors and, in the process, has also developed a reputation as a colorful street character; hanging out amongst the dilapidated environs of Lower Manhattan. But with his own drug habit starting to get the better of him, Gringo must challenge himself not to end up on an even darker path, from which there may be no way back. \\n\\nAn unflinching study of addiction from multi-award winning documentarian, Lech Kowalski, STORY OF A JUNKIE (originally titled Gringo) stars Spacely as a semi-fictionalized version of himself, mixing staged interactions with grim documentary realism. Filmed entirely on location, and featuring a supporting cast of Gringo's real life friends and customers, Vinegar Syndrome Labs presents the Blu-ray debut of this remarkably human document not just of the long-gone punk counterculture on the Lower East Side, but of the fascinating and colorful personalities who populated it.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eReversible sleeve artwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":15233,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"10\":2,\"11\":4,\"12\":0,\"14\":{\"1\":3,\"3\":1},\"15\":\"Helvetica Neue\",\"16\":11}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;John Spacely, known on the streets as Gringo, has spent much of his life selling - and using - drugs, mostly heroin. 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