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1 day ago · When the two lead characters, Sonny Wortzik, played by Pacino, and Sal Naturile, played by Cazale, begin their robbery, they are deserted by their accomplice Steve. This leaves them overwhelmed by the situation and even more on edge.
1 day ago · Wortzik/Wojtowicz held up a bank to steal money to fund his transgender wife's gender confirmation surgery. Capturing the anti-authoritarian energy of the post-Watergate era, Dog Day Afternoon holds up as both a tense thriller and as an accurate depiction of '70s homophobia (note how the crowd, initially rooting for Wortzik, turns on him when they learn his motive).
3 days ago · Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
- Sidney Lumet
- R
- 36
2 days ago · Pacino is dynamite here; it’s like watching sodium metal react with water, a propulsive, hypnotizing performance, perfectly restrained, fizzing out on a bittersweet note. Thin-framed, wide-eyed, and potty-mouthed, Pacino (who has an uncanny resemblance with the real Sonny Wortzik) is exhilarating to watch fuck up.
5 days ago · Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino and based on the true story of John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile's failed bank robbery in Brooklyn.
3 days ago · His depiction of Sonny Wortzik, an actual bank robber who finds himself managing a hostage negotiation, is frenetic and alive for every moment of this taut thriller’s run time.
4 days ago · Answer: Sonny "Dog Day Afternoon" was a true story. Sonny Wortzik tried robbing a Brooklyn bank to pay for his male lover's sex change operation. The attempted robbery took place in Brooklyn in 1972.
