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Overview
Release Date:
21 September 1975 (USA) moreTagline:
The robbery should have taken 10 minutes. 4 hours later, the bank was like a circus sideshow. 8 hours later, it was the hottest thing on live T.V. 12 hours later, it was all history. And it's all true morePlot:
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 17 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Al Pacino is brilliant moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Al Pacino | ... | Sonny Wortzik | |
| John Cazale | ... | Sal | |
| Charles Durning | ... | Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti | |
| Chris Sarandon | ... | Leon Shermer | |
| Sully Boyar | ... | Mulvaney | |
| Penelope Allen | ... | Sylvia | |
| James Broderick | ... | Sheldon | |
| Carol Kane | ... | Jenny | |
| Beulah Garrick | ... | Margaret | |
| Sandra Kazan | ... | Deborah | |
| Marcia Jean Kurtz | ... | Miriam | |
| Amy Levitt | ... | Maria | |
| John Marriott | ... | Howard | |
| Estelle Omens | ... | Edna | |
| Gary Springer | ... | Stevie |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
124 min | Finland:131 min (1975)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Netherlands:MG6 | Portugal:M/18 | Canada:R (Ontario) | Netherlands:12 (original theatrical version) | Germany:12 (re-rating) (2006) | New Zealand:R18 (orginal rating) | South Korea:15 | West Germany:16 (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) | New Zealand:M (re-rating) (2006) | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1976) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:R | UK:X (original rating)MOVIEmeter: 
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The real robbers got $213,000 in the robbery. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Sonny first meets the FBI agent he holds his hand up to shield his eyes from the light, when the camera cuts to the FBI Agent from the back of Sonny's waist, his hand is immediately at his side. When we see Sonny's face again he is raising his hand to shield his eyes from the light once again. moreQuotes:
[Sal is pointing the gun at Sheldon]Sal: Tell the TV to stop saying there's 2 homosexuals in here.
Sheldon: I will, Sal.
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'Dog Day Afternoon' tells the true story of Sonny (Al Pacino) and Sal (John Cazale). These two guys went into a bank in 1972 in Brooklyn to rob it. They could have been out in five minuted but things went terribly wrong. Instead of a robbery it became a hostage situation. And a media circus as well.
From the first second you will be totally in the movie. Afterwards I wanted to write my review and I was not able to remember how the music was, if there was any. It says something about how much the movie grabs you. The first part is very funny, I laughed a lot of times. The second part is more a drama and a thriller. Great director Sidney Lumet creates a certain atmosphere for the movie that is just right. Pacino in one of his best performances is surrounded by a great supporting cast. He was nominated for an Oscar but didn't win it. He lost it to a guy named Jack Nicholson in a movie called 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'. The chances were probably fifty-fifty and the Oscar went to the better movie, I have to admit that. Still, one of the best performances I have ever seen. With any other actor this movie was a nice one, with him it is a great one.