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There’s a point midway in “Dog Day Afternoon” when a bank’s head teller, held hostage by two very nervous stick-up men, is out in the street with a chance to escape. The cops tell her to run.
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Framed by great work from director Sidney Lumet and fueled by a gripping performance from Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon offers a finely detailed snapshot of people in crisis with...
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Aug 7, 2008 · “Dog Day Afternoon” runs a little longer than the average feature, and you think maybe they could have cut an opening montage of life in New York. But no. These shots, stolen from reality, establish a bedrock for the film.
Sidney Lumet's gritty and gripping semi-documentary crime melodrama "Dog Day Afternoon” is a triumphant new classic of American movie naturalism. Full Review | Apr 7, 2024
Jun 16, 2009 · In this week’s Critics’ Picks video, A. O. Scott reviews Sidney Lumet’s 1975 classic, “Dog Day Afternoon.” Mr. Scott sees a ray of hope in the crisis at the center of the film and frames it...
Dog Day Afternoon is a key film for the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender community in the USA. It's one of the first that explores a gamut of issues like the closet, internalized homophobia, being forced into marriage for convention's sake, even same gender marriage.
DOG DAY AFTERNOON is a crime drama about a pair of bank robbers, Sonny and Sal (John Cazale). Following a number of missteps, the would-be robbers find themselves in a tense standoff with police, with widespread media coverage unfolding around them in real time.
