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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.
- Salvatore Naturile
Mug shot of Naturile. Salvatore Antonio "Sal" Naturile, [1]...
- Chris Sarandon
Chris Sarandon was born and raised in Beckley, West...
- John Wojtowicz
Wojtowicz's story was used as the basis for the film Dog Day...
- Salvatore Naturile
Wojtowicz's story was used as the basis for the film Dog Day Afternoon (released in 1975), starring Al Pacino as Wojtowicz (called "Sonny Wortzik" in the film) and John Cazale, one of Pacino's co-stars in The Godfather, as Naturile.
Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American crime drama movie directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Frank Pierson and based on an article from Life magazine. The movie stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, Chris Sarandon and Charles Durning. The story is about bank a robbery in New York City.
CharacterActorRoleSimilar Person From Life ArticleSonny WortzikBank robberSalvatore "Sal" NaturaleSonny's partner in the robberySergeant Eugene MorettiPolice Sergeant who originally ...NYPD Police Chief of Detectives Louis C.Agent SheldonFBI agent who replaces Moretti in ...Agent Richard BakerAug 10, 2014 · Twelve years in the making, ‘The Dog’ paints a portrait of John Wojtowicz, the bank robber who served as the inspiration behind Al Pacino’s character in ‘Dog Day Afternoon.’
May 10, 2024 · Dog Day Afternoon is a darkly comedic crime film inspired by a real-life bank robbery gone wrong in 1972. The film tells the story of John Wojtowicz, one of the bank robbers, and his motivations,...
- Sidney Lumet
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Jul 11, 2017 · One of the most unforgettable films about New York in the Seventies, Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon (1975) was based on a real-life 1972 attempt at a bank robbery in Brooklyn by three men.
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Aug 4, 2014 · John Wojtowicz, the lunatic, unrepentant real-life inspiration for Al Pacino in “Dog Day Afternoon,” gets his own movie, the documentary “The Dog.”
