Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? The screenplay is adapted from the play written by Don Petersen. It launched the career of Al Pacino, who won a Tony Award for Best Dramatic Actor in a Supporting Role, for his portrayal of Bickham. Newsweek said that Pacino had "the choreography of a heroin hood, with a poetic soul." Variety named Pacino the "most promising new Broadway actor" for his performance. The story is a characterized documentary about the lives of addicts and our rehabilitation system. It portrays heroin addicts as the victims of loveless upbringings and does not provide morality or solutions. It leaves judgement to the viewer. Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? takes place in the 1960's at a detention center on an island in a river bordering a large industrial city.

ADDICTION is set in the present, adapted from the 1969 BROADWAY play Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? written by Don Petersen. It launched the career of Al Pacino, who won a Tony Award for for his portrayal of the 20 year old, Bickham, a heroin hood, with a poetic soul. Pacino, in his own words: "It was a whirlwind-experience, it led directly to my first film, Panic in Needle Park, The Godfather, and then, Serpico." TAGLINE: ADDICTION is an hour drama TV pilot, about the present heroin epidemic and its impact on society. The story deals with numerous heroin addicts in a detention rehabilitation center for juvenile narcotics and and the family members who come to visit them at Ocean View Island, NY.—Anthony Caldarella