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Dog Day Afternoon, 1975

Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Written by: Frank Pierson

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 125 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.1

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Dog Day Afternoon can be described as tense, gloomy, and captivating. The plot revolves around being transsexual, hostages, and crime gone awry. The main genres are drama and crime. In approach, Dog Day Afternoon is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a bank. It is located in New York. Dog Day Afternoon takes place in the 20th century. It is inspired by an article and originally a true story. The movie has received attention for being a classic, an Oscar winner, and a masterpiece. Note that Dog Day Afternoon involves violent content.

Summary of Dog Day Afternoon

Al Pacino plays a ferocious and fed-up bank robber in Lumet's classic film Dog Day Afternoon. Balancing suspense, violence, and humor, the film's depiction of a grand-scale media event craftily dives from the political to the personal, evoking a piercing portrait of a man and his devastating downward tumble as seen through the media circus that Lumet made a career of chronicling. Pacino is heartbreakingly real as Sonny, a smart yet self-destructive Brooklyn tough whose plan to rob the local bank to fund his male lover's (Chris Sarandon) sex change goes absurdly wrong. Accompanied only by his doltish accomplice, Sal (John Cazale), Sonny realizes that all the money had been removed before his arrival, and decides to kidnap a handful of bank employees instead. As the lengthy August day drags on, Sonny and hordes of local police, led by Sergeant Moretti (Charles Durning), make little progress, and eventually Sonny's wife and lover are brought to the scene. The crowd's sympathy is immediately captured by the charismatic Sonny, whose antagonism with the police is played out before an audience of millions, leading to an inevitably tragic finish.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	21 September 1975
Runtime:	125 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

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Frank Pierson for Best Original Screenplay at the 1975 Academy Awards

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Al Pacino

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John Cazale

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Why we love Al Pacino. The robbery should have taken 10 minutes. 4 hours later, the bank was like a circus sideshow. 8 hours later, it was the hottest thing on live TV 12 hours later, it was all history. And it's all true One of the best movies ever... Read and rate it

10.January.2011
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by: Netflowers
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OK, here's all you need to know: if you have ever enjoyed Al Pacino's acting in any movie he's ever done, what you were enjoying is a watered-down version of this performance. When people talk about Al Pacino, THIS is what they are talking about.... Read and rate it

20.March.2009
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by: sethdellinger
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