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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790733487
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6304712960
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 17, 1997
Running Time: 124 minutes
Sales Rank: 10257
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1975
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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. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/31/2005 Starring: Al Pacino John Cazale Run time: 130 minutes Rating: R Director: Sidney Lumet
Amazon.com essential video:
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
Amazon.com:
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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Rating:  - good place to buy cd's
good place to buy, the cd got here very fast, cd was in perfect shape. i recommend these people to buy from.
Rating: - One of the Greatest
This is one of the best movies I've ever seen and DVD quality picture only makes it more fun to watch. The interactive menus are nice, but I still go back to the movie.
Rating: - Gold Lumet
As far as oppressively humid hostage dramas go, this 1975 "true crime" classic from the great director Sidney Lumet easily out-sops the competition. The air conditioning may be off, but Al Pacino is definitely "on" in his absolutely brilliant portrayal of John Wojtowicz ("Sonny Wortzik" in the film), whose botched attempt to rob a Brooklyn bank turned into a dangerous hostage crisis and a twisted media circus (the desperate Wojtowicz was trying to finance his lover's sex-change operation). Even though he had already done the first two Godfather films, this was the performance that put Pacino on the map. John Cazale is both scary and heartbreaking in his role as Sonny's dim-witted "muscle". Keep an eye out for Chris Sarandon's memorable cameo. Frank Pierson's whip-smart screenplay was based on articles by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore. The two-disc edition is outstanding, with a great transfer and film-buff friendly extras.
Rating: - Every dog has its day; this day is glorious...
In 1975 there was one film that completely swept the Oscars, winning awards for Picture, Screenplay, Director, Lead Actor and Lead Actress; a feat that has only been accomplished three times in the history of the Academy Awards. That film has gone on to become on of the most highly lauded and respected films of all time, `One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest'. While I am utterly astounded by each and every frame of that fantastic movie, I feel that it was the wrong film to take the sweep. Instead, I would have cast my vote for Sidney Lumet's powerful `Dog Day Afternoon', for while it may not be as heavily rooted in deep meaning as `Cuckoo' it is an embracive and powerfully commanding film that, to me, was the best of the year. I hate it when two films I adore (both would make my `Top 100 Films Ever Made' list) are released in this same year because it makes it so difficult for me to rally heavily behind one particular film.
If I had to choose a side though, this would be the side I would choose.
Lumet tells us the true story of Sonny Wortzik (whose real name is John Wojtowicz), who for apparently no reason at all decided to rob a bank in Brooklyn. What was supposed to be quick and clean wound up being a long drawn out affair that captured the attention of the media and turned a few heads in the process. The opening scenes set up the event, with Sonny and his partner Sal entering the bank, waiting for the lonely customer to leave and then taking the bank tellers and manager ... Read More
Rating: - HAH!
What a great movie. This is classic!! Great movie, great second disc, great everything. This is probably one of the funniest "based on a true story" movies I've ever seen. Pacino was great in this. I mean, G-R-E-A-T! You will sit back and laugh at the whole scenario. But, like I say, it is a great movie.
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