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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
EAN: 9786304712962
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 079073348X
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARD1024D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 17, 1997
Running Time: 125 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1975
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
An eccentric bank robber brings New York city to a standstill in this tense, quirky thriller. A modern-day classic. Includes notes and scene access.
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A gripping true crime yarn, a juicy slice of overheated New York atmosphere, and a splendid showcase for its young actors, Dog Day Afternoon is a minor classic of the 1970s. The opening montage of New York street life (set to Elton John's lazy "Amoreena") establishes the oppressive mood of a scorching afternoon in the city with such immediacy that you can almost smell the garbage baking in the sun and the water from the hydrants evaporating from the sizzling pavement. Al Pacino plays Sonny, who, along with his rather slow-witted accomplice Sal (John Cazale, familiar as Pacino's Godfather brother Fredo), holds hostages after a botched a bank robbery. Sonny finds himself transformed into a rebel celebrity when his standoff with police (including lead negotiator Charles Durning) is covered live on local television. The movie doesn't appear to be about anything in particular, but it really conveys the feel of wild and unpredictable events unfolding before your eyes, and the whole picture is so convincing and involving that you're glued to the screen. An Oscar winner for original screenplay, Dog Day Afternoon was also nominated for best picture, actor, supporting actor (Chris Sarandon, as a surprise figure from Sonny's past), editing, and director (Sidney Lumet of Serpico, Prince of the City, The Verdict, and Running on Empty). --Jim Emerson
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A gripping true crime yarn, a juicy slice of overheated New York atmosphere, and a splendid showcase for its young actors, Dog Day Afternoon is a minor classic of the 1970s. The opening montage of New York street life (set to Elton John's lazy "Amoreena") establishes the oppressive mood of a scorching afternoon in the city with such immediacy that you can almost smell the garbage baking in the sun and the water from the hydrants evaporating from the sizzling pavement. Al Pacino plays Sonny, who, along with his rather slow-witted accomplice Sal (John Cazale, familiar as Pacino's Godfather brother Fredo), holds hostages after a botched a bank robbery. Sonny finds himself transformed into a rebel celebrity when his standoff with police (including lead negotiator Charles Durning) is covered live on local television. The movie doesn't appear to be about anything in particular, but it really conveys the feel of wild and unpredictable events unfolding before your eyes, and the whole picture is so convincing and involving that you're glued to the screen. An Oscar winner for original screenplay, Dog Day Afternoon was also nominated for best picture, actor, supporting actor (Chris Sarandon, as a surprise figure from Sonny's past), editing, and director (Sidney Lumet of Serpico, Prince of the City, The Verdict, and Running on Empty). --Jim Emerson
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It was a rough year for the Academy since there were two great films that year: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and this winner, "Dog Day Afternoon" featuring a classic iconic performance by Al Pacino. Now, I've fortunately seen Pacino on stage back in the '90's in David Mamet's "American Buffalo" and he performed with so much intensity that I was over-awed. I think very few of his film performances have that intensity that his stage performances have had but this one shortly is the closest we'll ... Read More
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One of the best films from the 1970's along with "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" and "Taxi Driver", "Dog Day Afternoon" was nominated for 5 Oscars inlcuding nods for Best Picture of 1975 and Best Actor for Al Pacino. Pacino plays a bank robber who holds a bank hostage one sweltering August day in Brooklyn in order to steal money so his gay lover can have a sex-change operation. Sidney Lumet does an excellent job of directing and bringing out the best from his cast. The title comes from the fact that ... Read More
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Again Mr. Pacino got unlucky!How on earth he hasn't got the academy award for this brilliant performance! I love all Jack Nickolson work but honestly if you compare his work on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest against Dog day will agree with me that Al could have got the Academy.Pacino acting is far energetic, tough to do(in dog day context), brilliant, classic and what a amazing performance!It requires a lot of dare to do a subject like DOG DAY after becoming an Icon (after Godfather Hit). Many contemporaries ... Read More
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In mood, acting, location and plot, this story delivers. Al delivers. So does his right hand man, John Cazale, who plays Sal. They really work great off each other. He is as good as Pacino in this movie, and as important; from the moments of Cazales first lines there's always something kind of powerful and not what you're expecting. The story itself is fun in a tragicomic kind of way and should hold your interest pretty well the full 2 hours. Cinematography is great and I'd have to say this is the best Sydney ... Read More
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