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Dec 20, 2023 · 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...
Apr 5, 2022 · Warner Bros. By Lee Adams / Updated: April 5, 2022 10:50 am EST. Village Voice columnist Arthur Bell covered plenty of LBGTQ+ issues during his time with the paper, and sensational stories had a...
Aug 10, 2014 · To backtrack for those who aren’t familiar with this unbelievable true-life tale: Dog Day Afternoon is a film from 1975 directed by Sidney Lumet, with an Academy-Award winning...
Sep 30, 2013 · On Aug. 22, 1972, John Wojtowicz, a 27-year-old Vietnam vet, along with a friend, an 18-year-old ex-con named Salvatore Naturale, tried to rob a Chase Manhattan bank in Brooklyn when their getaway...
Dec 19, 2022 · Dog Day Afternoon: The Truth Behind the Film. By Molly Pohlig. Published Dec 19, 2022. Sidney Lumet’s 1975 bank robbery drama wouldn’t exist without a stranger-than-fiction failed heist of...
Apr 18, 2022 · How the Real "Dog Day Afternoon" Began. On Aug. 22, 1972, John Stanley Wojtowicz, Salvatore Naturile and Robert Westenberg attempted to rob a branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank in the...
Aug 4, 2014 · 18. John Wojtowicz in a clip from the documentary “The Dog.” Drafthouse Films. By Sam Roberts. Aug. 4, 2014. Running 130 otherwise perfect minutes, Sidney Lumet’s “ Dog Day Afternoon ” was...
