{"id":36407,"date":"2016-03-21T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T20:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36407"},"modified":"2023-09-02T23:41:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T06:41:07","slug":"dog-day-afternoon-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36407","title":{"rendered":"Dog Day Afternoon (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t wanna talk to some flunky pig trying to calm me, man.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Poster-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-67513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Poster-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Poster-687x1024.png 687w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Poster-181x270.png 181w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Poster.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA married New Yorker (Al Pacino) hoping to pay for a sex-change operation for his male lover (Chris Sarandon) collaborates with a trigger-happy partner (John Cazale) to rob a bank; but when things go horribly wrong, they end up holding the entire staff hostage while a negotiating police captain (Charles Durning) manages increasingly circus-like crowds outside the bank.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Al Pacino Films<\/li>\n<li>Carol Kane Films<\/li>\n<li>Heists<\/li>\n<li>Hostages<\/li>\n<li>Media Spectacle<\/li>\n<li>Sidney Lumet Films<\/li>\n<li>Underdogs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;black comedy based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Wojtowicz\">real-life incident<\/a>&#8221; is &#8220;a big favorite of many fans and critics&#8221;, but he thinks &#8220;it smacks of &#8216;Wouldn&#8217;t this true story make a great movie!&#8217; attitude&#8221; and that it &#8220;all rings false&#8221;. He further adds that &#8220;every unbearable moment when we laugh because the situation is so pathetic, every introduction of another offbeat character, every character expression seems calculated to elicit an audience response&#8221;, and he argues that Lumet&#8217;s &#8220;direction of the extras who make up the crowds outside the bank is surprisingly lame&#8221;, given that they &#8220;are obviously <em>acting<\/em> for our benefit&#8221;. While a couple of Peary&#8217;s points have merit (the crowds seem staged, and <em>some<\/em> of the &#8220;offbeat characters&#8221; are cliched), I happen to enjoy this flick a lot more than he does: the &#8220;based on real events&#8221; storyline is so consistently unpredictable and wacky that we can&#8217;t help getting caught up during the two-hours-plus running time, despite knowing that things won&#8217;t end well for the luckless would-be robbers. <\/p>\n<p>Strong performances by Pacino, Cazale, Durning, and others ground the film, presenting us with a slate of real people deeply invested in a hideously gone-bad situation; they&#8217;re all simply trying to climb their way out intact and preserve lives. Pacino&#8217;s character is so genuinely on-edge that he cares more about pragmatics than his newfound fame, and remains refreshingly unfazed by having his sexuality publicly &#8220;outed&#8221; (though Cazale is predictably agitated by being mistakenly labeled on the news as one of two &#8220;homosexuals&#8221;). Sully Boyar and Penny Allen are excellent as protective bank employees watching out for their colleagues, and Sarandon&#8217;s Oscar-nominated supporting performance as the transgendered lover behind Pacino&#8217;s actions is memorable. Watch for a particularly ironic moment early on, as an African-American bank guard is unexpectedly released first and unleashes a flurry of movement to arrest him; some things haven&#8217;t changed.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Fans of this flick will likely enjoy Spike Lee&#8217;s <em>Inside Man<\/em> (2006), also about a heist-gone-wrong. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Al Pacino as Sonny<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Pacino.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Pacino-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Pacino-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Pacino-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Pacino-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Pacino-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Pacino.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chris Sarandon as Leon<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Sarandon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Sarandon-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Sarandon-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Sarandon-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Sarandon-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Sarandon-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Sarandon.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sully Boyar as Mulvaney<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Boyar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Boyar-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Boyar-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Boyar-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Boyar-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Boyar-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Boyar.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charles Durning as Moretti<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Durning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Durning-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Durning-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Durning-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Durning-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Durning-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Durning.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Cazale as Sal<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Casale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Casale-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Casale-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Casale-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Casale-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Casale-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Casale.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Penny Allen as the no-nonsense head bank teller<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Allen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Allen-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Allen-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Allen-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Allen-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Allen-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Allen.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Excellent use of authentic NY locales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY1-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-NY1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Y3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Y3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Y3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Y3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Y3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Y3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dog-Day-Afternoon-Y3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, primarily for Pacino&#8217;s performance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072890\/\">IMDb entry<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1287&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1975\/09\/22\/archives\/screen-lumets-dog-day-afternoon.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/dog-day-afternoon\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t wanna talk to some flunky pig trying to calm me, man.&#8221; Synopsis: A married New Yorker (Al Pacino) hoping to pay for a sex-change operation for his male lover (Chris Sarandon) collaborates with a trigger-happy partner (John Cazale) to rob a bank; but when things go horribly wrong, they end up holding the entire staff hostage while a negotiating police captain (Charles Durning) manages increasingly circus-like crowds outside the bank. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Al Pacino Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36407\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36407"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91037,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36407\/revisions\/91037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}