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Dog Day Afternoon
1975
Before Peter Finch was 'mad as hell' in NETWORK, Sidney Lumet's scorching indictment of the American television industry, Al Pacino played an equally ferocious and fed-up bank robber in Lumet's classic film DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Pacino is heartbreakingly real as Sonny, a smart and tough if self-destructive Brooklyn tough whose .. Read more
| Starring | Al Pacino, Charles Durning, James Broderick, John Cazale |
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| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Genres | Drama |
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This is a film about a bank robbery, the proceeds of which are needed to pay for a sex-change operation. Weird but apparently true — well, this is New York. From this material, Sidney Lumet creates a marvellous patchwork of a movie, cutting between the inept but passionate bank robbers (Al Pacino and John Cazale) whose bungled heist turns into a hostage situation, the corpulent cop leading the police siege (Charles Durning) and the mob that gathers outside the bank. It's an insane circus and you know that something, or someone, is going to blow a gasket. Pacino's performance (which earned him a fourth Oscar nomination) is a multilayered display and the whole picture seems infected by his jitters.
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Recreation of a tragi-comic episode from the newspaper headlines; for half its length a fascinating and acutely observed film which then bogs itself down in a surplus of talk and excessive sentiment about homosexuality.
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At first sight, a film with large, self-conscious ambitions where a bank siege (the film is based on a real incident... read more on Time Out
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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13 out of 14 people found this review helpful
This film is the 'mostly true' story of Sonny Wortzik (in real life his name was John Wojtowicz), a married man who tries to rob a bank in order to pay ... more
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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
What a blinder!
I saw this film for the first time ever today and thought that it was absolutely fantastic!
Bank robbery goes a bit wrong, pacino becomes an anti-... more -
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Brilliant Pacino
Bank robbery gone wrong is the understatment of the year for Bi-sexual Sonny (Pacino) and Unstable Sal (Cazale).
This is a great film by a brilliant ... more -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
A towering performance from Pacino.
Excellent characterisation from a superb script and a towering performance from Al Pacino.
Perhaps intentionally, the story moves uncomfortably from ... more
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13 out of 14 people found this review helpful
This film is the 'mostly true' story of Sonny Wortzik (in real life his name was John Wojtowicz), a married man who tries to rob a bank in order to pay ... more
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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
What a blinder!
I saw this film for the first time ever today and thought that it was absolutely fantastic!
Bank robbery goes a bit wrong, pacino becomes an anti-... more -
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Likeable
Interesting twist on the usual heist movie scenario. Pacino of course is highly watchable. I very much enjoyed the 70s clothes, set, slang, etc.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
The Dog gets the bone
Coming during his purple patch in the mid-70's when Pacino could not put a foot wrong in terms of the roles he chose. "Dog Day Afternoon" is based... more
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Brilliant Pacino
Bank robbery gone wrong is the understatment of the year for Bi-sexual Sonny (Pacino) and Unstable Sal (Cazale).
This is a great film by a brilliant ... more -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Best film you've never heard of!
This is one of hose films which has only recently gained any critical acclaim. With the popularity of Pacino, people have started to look back at his early ... more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
A towering performance from Pacino.
Excellent characterisation from a superb script and a towering performance from Al Pacino.
Perhaps intentionally, the story moves uncomfortably from ... more -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Pacino on form
This film shows a different side to Al Pacino's acting abilities - he really puts on a great performance in this role, subtly camping up the character into ... more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Great
Totaly entertaining a real top class film. Pacino really is brilliant in this, completely different from his later 'shouting is the key' characters.
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Critics' reviews (3)
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This is a film about a bank robbery, the proceeds of which are needed to pay for a sex-change operation. Weird but apparently true — well, this is New York. From this material, Sidney Lumet creates a marvellous patchwork of a movie, cutting between the inept but passionate bank robbers (Al Pacino and John Cazale) whose bungled heist turns into a hostage situation, the corpulent cop leading the police siege (Charles Durning) and the mob that gathers outside the bank. It's an insane circus and you know that something, or someone, is going to blow a gasket. Pacino's performance (which earned him a fourth Oscar nomination) is a multilayered display and the whole picture seems infected by his jitters.
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Recreation of a tragi-comic episode from the newspaper headlines; for half its length a fascinating and acutely observed film which then bogs itself down in a surplus of talk and excessive sentiment about homosexuality.
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At first sight, a film with large, self-conscious ambitions where a bank siege (the film is based on a real incident... read more on Time Out
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Dog Day Afternoon
Before Peter Finch was 'mad as hell' in NETWORK, Sidney Lumet's scorching indictment of the American television industry, Al Pacino played an equally ferocious and fed-up bank robber in Lumet's classic film DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Pacino is heartbreakingly real as Sonny, a smart and tough if self-...
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