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DOG DAY AFTERNOON
1975
Director
Sidney Lumet
Starring
Al Pacino
John Cazale
James Broderick
Charles Durning
Runtime
125 minutes
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Hosted by RACHEL WALTHER, author of BORN TO LOSE: THE MAKING OF DOG DAY AFTERNOON!
Al Pacino plays Sonny, a harried little guy who is knocking over a bank so the love of his life can get a sex change operation. Sonny hasn’t told his wife, who finds out when the robbery turns into a hostage standoff that lights up the evening news. John Cazale is Sal, Sonny’s dimwitted partner, who’s just trying to get through it all. They’re surrounded by bank tellers (including a sparkling young Carol Kane) who fall into some serious Stockholm syndrome, while Charles Durning is gravelly greatness as the NYPD negotiator trying to bring the whole crazy situation under control as an ever-increasing crowd gathers on the street to cheer on the underdog robbers and chant, “ATTICA! ATTICA!”
DOG DAY AFTERNOON is one of those perfect little movies, set almost totally in one location, filled with electric and culture-defining performances by actors who are working with one of the all-time great, witty, and honest scripts. It's thrilling as energy comes pulsing through every sweaty frame; it’s one of the most wildly entertaining movies to come out of the 1970s New Hollywood revolution, and it’s never quite been topped.
RACHEL WALTHER is a film historian based in Oakland, California. She is a regular contributor to Noir City; the film columnist for Hamam, an international arts journal; and can be heard weekly as a film critic on 92.9 KCPR FM Santa Cruz.
Al Pacino plays Sonny, a harried little guy who is knocking over a bank so the love of his life can get a sex change operation. Sonny hasn’t told his wife, who finds out when the robbery turns into a hostage standoff that lights up the evening news. John Cazale is Sal, Sonny’s dimwitted partner, who’s just trying to get through it all. They’re surrounded by bank tellers (including a sparkling young Carol Kane) who fall into some serious Stockholm syndrome, while Charles Durning is gravelly greatness as the NYPD negotiator trying to bring the whole crazy situation under control as an ever-increasing crowd gathers on the street to cheer on the underdog robbers and chant, “ATTICA! ATTICA!”
DOG DAY AFTERNOON is one of those perfect little movies, set almost totally in one location, filled with electric and culture-defining performances by actors who are working with one of the all-time great, witty, and honest scripts. It's thrilling as energy comes pulsing through every sweaty frame; it’s one of the most wildly entertaining movies to come out of the 1970s New Hollywood revolution, and it’s never quite been topped.
RACHEL WALTHER is a film historian based in Oakland, California. She is a regular contributor to Noir City; the film columnist for Hamam, an international arts journal; and can be heard weekly as a film critic on 92.9 KCPR FM Santa Cruz.