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Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
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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...
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Dog Day Afternoon Movie Review by Tony  (3/1/2006) |
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Sidney Lumet's "Dog Day Afternoon" is an example of what a film is about, and what a film is REALLY about. Hearing the plot-line it sounds like a simple bank robbery hostage story which we see a lot of nowadays with films such as "Firewall" or "Hostage". But this film is brainy, tougher, and also a true story and really...
(complete Dog Day Afternoon review by Tony)
Does the media make the news or do they report the news. The media presence has an effect on what is happening. When the media observes an action, it changes. Soon the characters are playing to the media.
This is all occurring as Al Pacino is trying to get money for his lover to get an operation. This go wrong from the...
(complete Dog Day Afternoon review by Movie Addict)
| Dog Day Afternoon Movie Review by Valerie (12/15/2006) |
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Al Pacino and John Cazale star as Sonny & Sal, two bank robbers ready to make a simple job and get the hell out, but what should have been a routine robbery became a media circus.
Dog Day Afternoon takes place in the span of a day and how the frustrated bank robbery progresses, it's amazing how much was done with such a...
(complete Dog Day Afternoon review by Valerie)
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