Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

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Synopsis
Based on a true 1972 story, Sidney Lumet's 1975 drama chronicles a unique bank robbery on a hot summer afternoon in New York City. Shortly before closing time, scheming loser Sonny (Al Pacino) and his slow-witted buddy, Sal (John Cazale), burst into a Brooklyn bank for what should be a run-of-the-mill robbery, but everything goes wrong, beginning with the fact that there is almost no money in the bank. The situation swiftly escalates, as Sonny and Sal take hostages; enough cops to police the tristate area surround the bank; a large Sonny-sympathetic crowd gathers to watch; the media arrive to complete the circus; and police captain Moretti (Charles Durning) tries to negotiate with Sonny while keeping the volatile spectacle under control. When Sonny's lover, Leon (Chris Sarandon), tries to talk Sonny out of the bank, we learn the robbery's motive: to finance Leon's sex-change operation. Sonny demands a plane to escape, but the end is near once menacingly cool FBI agent Sheldon (James Broderick) arrives to take over the negotiations. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Production Crew

Douglas Higgins	Art Director
Robert Greenhut	Associate Producer
Thomas Moore	Book Author
Fred Schuler	Camera Operator
Don Phillips	Casting
Michael Chinich	Casting
Victor J. Kemper	Cinematographer
Anna Hill Johnstone	Costume Designer
Peggy Farrell	Costumes Supervisor
Sidney Lumet	Director
Dede Allen	Editor
Burtt Harris	First Assistant Director
Reginald Tackley	Makeup
Martin Bregman	Producer
Martin Elfand	Producer
Charles Bailey	Production Designer
Frank Pierson	Screenwriter
Robert Drumheller	Set Designer
P.F. Kluge	Short Story Author
P.F. Kluge	Short Story Author
James J. Sabat	Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Vorisek	Sound/Sound Designer

Genre
Crime

Awards
1975 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1975 - Best Picture - Academy
1975 - Best Picture - L.A. Film Critics Association
1975 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1975 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1975 - Best Picture - Academy
1975 - Best Picture - Academy
1975 - Best Picture - British Academy of Film and Television
1975 - Best Picture - Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1975 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1975 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1975 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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Sully Boyar	Bank Manager Mulvaney
James Broderick	FBI Agent Sheldon
John Cazale	Sal
Charles Durning	N.Y. Detective Moretti
Judith Malina	Mother
Judith Malina	Vi
Al Pacino	Sonny
Susan Peretz	Angie
Chris Sarandon	Leon
Penny Allen	Sylvia

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

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