Movie connections for
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) More at IMDbPro »

Remade as

Yan man ying hung (1987)

Edited into

Visions of Light (1992)

References

A Star Is Born (1937)
 -  The movie title can be seen on a theater marquee.
"As the World Turns" (1956)
The Killing (1956)
 -  gun in rose's box and the end
Attica (1974)

Referenced in

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976) (TV)
 -  Dog Day Afternoon is advertised on a wall near Burbank Studios.
"All in the Family: Archie's Dog Day Afternoon (#7.25)" (1977)
 -  title reference
Young, Hot 'n Nasty Teenage Cruisers (1977)
 -  This film is advertised on a marquee.
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
 -  Tony imitates Al Pacino shouting "Attica! Attica!"
Dizengoff 99 (1979)
 -  Poster
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980) (TV)
"Alice: Dog Day Evening (#5.2)" (1980)
 -  title reference
"St. Elsewhere: Dog Day Hospital (#1.18)" (1983)
 -  title reference
Making the Grade (1984)
 -  Dice does a Pacino impression from Dog Day Afternoon
"Punky Brewster: Dog Dough Afternoon (#1.10)" (1984)
 -  The episode title is a pun on the title of this film
"Sledge Hammer!: Dori Day Afternoon (#1.5)" (1986)
 -  Episode title, and a character refers to this film
Terror Squad (1987)
 -  Characters reference this movie's title and its hostage negotation scenes.
"Hill Street Blues: Dogsbreath Afternoon (#7.18)" (1987)
 -  Title reference
"Perfect Strangers: Dog Day Mid-Afternoon (#5.5)" (1989)
 -  title reference
"Tiny Toon Adventures: Looking Out for the Little Guy (#1.10)" (1990)
 -  The title of the "Dog-Bird Afternoon" segment is similar to the film.
"Family Matters: Dog Day Halloween (#2.7)" (1990)
 -  title reference
Dice Rules (1991)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Master Ninja II (#4.24)" (1992)
 -  "Attica! Attica!"
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
 -  Harry yells out to Kevin on the rooftop "Sonny, let me make a deal wit ya". Just as the negotiator does the same to Sonny in 'Dog Day Afternoon'
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Rebel Set (#5.19)" (1992)
 -  "Attica, Attica"
Amos & Andrew (1993)
 -  When Amos is saying "You give me a helicopter, I give you a hostage.You give me the million dollars, that's another hostage..", the police chief interrupts him and says, "Yeah, yeah, I saw the movie." Amos' line is more or less the same line that Sonny has in Dog Day Afternoon when he's negotiating with the cops.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus (#6.21)" (1993)
 -  Tom: "Attica! Attica!"
Sunny Side Up (1994)
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
 -  Quote "Attica!Attica!"
Speed (1994/I)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Amazing Transparent Man (#7.23)" (1995)
 -  "Attica Attica Attica"
"Married with Children: Radio Free Trumaine (#9.26)" (1995)
 -  Steve Rhoades mocks the lack of protesters against him by saying: "I don't hear anyone chanting 'Attica, Attica'!"
"Spin City: Dog Day Afternoon (#1.11)" (1996)
 -  title reference
Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Mad City (1997)
 -  similar hostage situation
Best Men (1997)
Principal Takes a Holiday (1998) (TV)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Pumaman (#10.3)" (1998)
 -  "He's in an Attic-uh, Attic-uh, Attica! Attica!"
Fortress 2 (1999)
Tomorrow by Midnight (1999)
 -  Carol Kane mentions that she herself was a hostage long ago in Brooklyn, New York. She played a hostage in a bank robbery in Dog Day Afternoon.
Enigma (1999) (TV)
Pups (1999)
Dogma (1999)
 -  Jay: "Sonny, let me make a deal wit ya".
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999) (VG)
 -  One of the GDI missions in the Firestorm expansion pack has the name "Dogma Day Afternoon".
Mauvaises fréquentations (1999)
"Everybody Loves Raymond: The Christmas Picture (#4.11)" (1999)
 -  Mentioned by Raymond.
"Just Shoot Me!: Dog Day Afternoon (#5.9)" (2000)
 -  title reference
Sugar & Spice (2001)
"The Fairly OddParents: Chin Up!/Dog's Day Afternoon (#1.5)" (2001)
 -  Episode title references this film name.
Rescued from the Closet (2001) (V)
Swordfish (2001)
 -  Mentioned by Gabriel Shear in the beginning.
John Q (2002)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) (TV)
"Dark Angel: Dawg Day Afternoon (#2.18)" (2002)
 -  Reference in the title
S1m0ne (2002)
"Home Movies: Improving Your Life Through Improv (#3.4)" (2002)
 -  Coach McGuirk mentions it in dialogue
"Taken" (2002)
180°: Christopher Nolan Interviews Al Pacino (2002) (V)
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (2002) (V)
 -  "Dog Day Afternoon" is a newspaper headline on the paper Gromit is seen reading.
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Garden State (2004)
 -  One character imitates Pacino's famous "Attica!" line
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' (2004) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Based on a True Story (2005)
 -  Documentary about events shown in movie
"Gilmore Girls: We've Got Magic to Do (#6.5)" (2005)
 -  Paris says she started pacing in the bank, yelling, "Attica! Attica!"
Inside Man (2006)
 -  In Inside Man, Keith Frazier mentions Dog Day Afternoon by name.
"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass (#2.9)" (2006)
 -  Charlie screams "Attica!" while scaring off a crowd
"Entourage: I Wanna Be Sedated (#3.10)" (2006)
 -  Among the movies that Bob Ryan produced
"House M.D.: Lines in the Sand (#3.4)" (2006)
 -  House shouts "Attica! Attica!" etc at Cuddy when she refuses to return his old carpet.
A New Wave (2007)
 -  robbery notes named after this movie
"Medium: Joe Day Afternoon (#3.17)" (2007)
 -  Title of episode is an alteration of movie title, bank hostage in movie, office hostage in episode.
"Entourage: Dog Day Afternoon (#3.14)" (2007)
 -  episode title reference
"Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-10-27)" (2007)
 -  In the review for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Roeper mentions Sidney Lumet also directed this film.
"The Office: Branch Wars (#4.6)" (2007)
 -  Michael and Dwight chant "Utica, Utica" a reference to the famous "Attica, Attica" line.
First Sunday (2008)
 -  LeeJohn yells "Attica! Attica!"
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-01-22)" (2008)
 -  Referenced during 'The Great American Culture Quiz' segment.
JCVD (2008)
 -  Zinedine Soualem, one of the 3 bandits, is dressed and have hairs exactly like John Cazale. The plot of holding-up the post office and the crowd cheering for the bandits are also similar to the film.
"House M.D.: Last Resort (#5.9)" (2008)
 -  House says, "You really think that re-enacting Dog Day Afternoon is the best way to get diagnosed?"

Features

The Lone Ranger (1956)
 -  Miriam and another bank clerk are watching this before Sonny hands over the menacing phone call to her

Featured in

Lumet: Film Maker (1975)
 -  clips shown
Precious Images (1986)
The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV)
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
Pizza, birra, faso (1998)
 -  Seen on TV
The Third Memory (2000)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
 -  This film is #70 on the list.
New York at the Movies (2002) (TV)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV)
 -  "Z Channel" documentary references and features scores of movies that were seen on the "Z Channel."
The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005) (TV)
 -  The quote "Attica! Attica!" is #86 on the list.
'Dog Day Afternoon': After the Filming (2006) (V)
 -  clips shown
'Dog Day Afternoon': Casting the Controversy (2006) (V)
 -  clips shown
'Dog Day Afternoon': Recreating the Facts (2006) (V)
 -  clips shown
'Dog Day Afternoon': The Story (2006) (V)
 -  clips shown
"I Love the '70s: Volume 2" (2006)
 -  clips; discussed
Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV)
 -  A clip is shown
14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008) (TV)
 -  Clips shown during Charles Durning tribute.
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) (V)
 -  clips

Spoofed in

Going Berserk (1983)
Airheads (1994)
"Grim & Evil: Dad Day Afternoon/Scary Poppins (#6.10)" (2006)
 -  The "Dad Day Afternoon" cartoon
"The Simpsons: I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (#19.4)" (2007)
 -  The bank robbery scene is a spoof of the movie Dog Day Afternoon
"Drawn Together: Drawn Together Babies (#3.11)" (2007)
 -  Ling-Ling shouts "ATTICA! ATTICA!"

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