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Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning.
Dec 25, 1975 · A true story of a botched heist by three amateurs in Brooklyn, New York, in 1972. Al Pacino stars as Sonny, a trans woman's husband who demands a plane out of the country in exchange for the hostages.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Sidney Lumet
- 1975-12-25
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- Who Was John Wojtowicz?
- An Odd Robbery and The Hostage Situation That Followed
- The Aftermath of John Wojtowicz’S Heist and The Film It Inspired
John Wojtowicz, born in New York City in 1945, was leading a basically “normal” life in the late 1960s. After graduating high school and serving in Vietnam, he returned home and began working for Chase Manhattan Bank, where he struck up a relationship with a coworker named Carmen Bifulco. The pair married in 1967, but Wojtowicz had been keeping a s...
Eager to get the money for Eden’s gender-reassignment surgery (although, according to the BBC, some claim that John Wojtowicz actually carried out the robbery to pay back money he’d borrowed from the Mafia), Wojtowicz soon put together a team that would help him rob a bank. He recruited Bobby Westenberg and Salvatore Naturile (both of whom he’d met...
Wojtowicz was sentenced to 20 years in prison but only wound up serving five and was released in 1978. While in prison, he actually was able to see Dog Day Afternoon and take in the lead performance of Al Pacino, who had, of course, also starred in The Godfather, which Wojtowicz had watched the day of the robbery. The warden initially objected to h...
A classic crime drama starring Al Pacino as a bank robber who takes hostages in Brooklyn. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to stream or buy the movie.
- (116)
- Sidney Lumet
- R
- Al Pacino
On one of the hottest days of August 1972, three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn 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.
Al Pacino stars as Sonny, a bank robber who takes hostages and becomes a media celebrity in this film based on a true story. Roger Ebert praises the complex character, the quirky humor, and the exploration of the clichés of the genre.
