Dog Day Afternoon
Cast
Al Pacino .... Sonny Wortzik
John Cazale .... Sal
Charles Durning .... Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti
James Broderick .... FBI Agent Sheldon
Beulah Garrick .... Margaret
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
Rater # has description and review.
Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
7/10. One of those "classics-that-you-see-just-so-you-can-say-you-saw-it",
it's a very inspired retelling of a real-life story of a man (Al
Pacino) who holds up a bank in Brooklyn in order to get money to pay
for his lover's (Chris Sarandon) sex-change operation. While he
expects it to be a quick job, complications arise, and media ensues.
All of the sudden fame gets to his head. It's a very daring picture,
since it's not a light topic, and the way that Sidney Lumet directs
it is very odd. Besides the five-minute opening montage, there is no
music in the film at all. It makes it seem longer than it's already
over-long two hours. Although it is very tense, at times it dragged a
lot, especially in the middle. Some of the plot repeated itself, and
became dull. Sonny needs to go outside, something bad happens to a
hostage, etc. Pacino is great, however, as is most of the rest of the
picture.
Rated R.
Running time: 124 minutes
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