Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

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Directed by

Sidney Lumet

Starring (View all)

Penelope Allen
Sylvia

Sully Boyar
Mulvaney

John Cazale
Sal

Beulah Garrick
Margaret

Carol Kane
Jenny

Sandra Kazan
Deborah

Marcia Jean Kurtz
Miriam

Amy Levitt
Maria

Written by

Frank Pierson
(screenplay)

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Nearly Flawless Classic.

15 years, 11 months ago at Nov 7 6:36

The Cineast

3 votes

"Dog Day Afternoon" is a nearly flawless classic that combines humor, drama, and a little action into one big masterpiece. In my opinion it is one of Al Pacino's best films ever.

"It started out as a simple bank robbery on a calm afternoon day in New York, and turned into a chaotic circus for everyone to see."

This film tells the true story of a huge and rather comedi... read more

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12 years, 9 months ago at Jan 14 16:42

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Writing a song or directing a film based on real-life incidents is one of the many tropes they use and we actually have many great examples: Music (Smoke on the Water, 18 & Life, Jeremy) and Movies (Raging Bull, Monster, Schindler's List) Dog Day Afternoon took inspiration from an article from Life magazine reading "Boys in the Bank" and they also described the lead robber, John Wojtowicz as "simi... read more

"ATTICA! ATTICA....!"

15 years, 5 months ago at Apr 16 5:27

The Mighty Celestial

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I love LOVE this movie. The tension & diasterous desperation of Dog Day begins & ends with Al's depiction of John Wojtowicz. Watching him trying to salvage the failed robbery attempt, you can just feel the downhill fatal end result oozing out of Pacino's character before it ever occurs. For me, this is the real start of Al's explosive charisma that's he's become famous for, but before it e... read more

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A New York man and two accomplices are besieged in a bank with all the bank employees after his attempt to rob enough money to pay for his lover's sex change operation goes awry. What results is a two day media circus in which his private life and the humiliation of the police is laid bare for the whole city.

Release date: 18 December 1975
UPC: 012569102422

Tags: Drama (37), Crime (34), 1975 (26), 1970s (22), Heist (20), Thriller (17), Bank Robbery (17), Hostage (16), Police (12), New York (11), Transgender (10), Stockholm Syndrome (10), True Story (9), Al Pacino (9), Death (8), Based On A True Story (7), Action (6), Usa (6), Bank (6), (5)

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"(1975) A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus."

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" Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does. "

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