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Dog Day Afternoon
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus. From TMDB
243 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 crime drama thriller film, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino, John Cazale and Charles Durning.
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60 of 243 · most liked firstin 6 years John Cazale was in The Godfather 1 and 2, Dog Day Afternoon, The Conversation and The Deer Hunter. Then he died. In those 6 years he achieved more as a film actor than anyone in film history. He made ZERO bad movies in those 6 years. He was loved. He was amazing. What an absolute master
neutral · AI labelView post →thinking about lumet and how he spent 50 years making banger after banger. nearly every decade of his filmography contains a film that could stand as another director's career highlight. and in the 1970s, there's at least three: SERPICO, DOG DAY AFTERNOON and NETWORK
neutral · AI labelView post →The top five best selling films of 1975: No 5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (The best selling UK film) No 4. Dog Day Afternoon No 3. Barry Lyndon No 2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest No 1. Jaws #Jaws #70srule
neutral · AI labelView post →Unpopular opinion-Al Pacino is not a great actor. Hes the same guy in every movie whether hes a cop, a bad guy, whatever. There are exceptions-Dog Day Afternoon and Serpico, Godfather 2 he wasnt bad
neutral · AI labelView post →Please see Gus van Sant's Dead Man's Wire, a hostage film & social tapestry that is "unabashedly inspired by the best crime dramas from the 1970s, including Dog Day Afternoon,The Sugarland Express, Network and Badlands, and can stand proudly alongside any of them." www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dead...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Dog Day Afternoon for the first time in ages last night. Still an astonishing film. Turning a bank robbery into a terrible day at work, within a system that won’t let you win. A piece of art.
positive · AI labelView post →Dog Day Afternoon is a great movie to show anybody who thinks trans people were invented seven years ago by Woke. (Also a great movie to show anybody in general)
positive · AI labelView post →What happened to Pacino that turned him from a subtle, restrained actor to the biggest scenery chewer in the history of film? Did Dog Day Afternoon just retire his brain to think: this is how all characters should act?
neutral · AI labelView post →*taps the sign* Dog Day Afternoon is a gay rights movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →This week I saw four great movies in theaters: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, NORTH BY NORTHWEST AND CRIP CAMP. All with enthusiastic audiences. Many of them a lot younger than me. Watching a great movie with a fully engaged audience is unique and beautiful. Movies don’t have to be dead.
positive · AI labelView post →Happy Heavenly 91st Birthday to the legendary John Cazale, the only actor in history have a perfect film career. All five films he made: GODFATHER, THE CONVERSATION, GODFATHER PART II, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, and THE DEER HUNTER, all masterpieces.
neutral · AI labelView post →I agree because I did the same thing, but also...I agree. The idea of not having Dog Day Afternoon on your streaming movie service, for any reason, suggests to me that you don't like movies enough to have a streaming movie service.
positive · AI labelView post →Watching Dog Day Afternoon again for the first time in years. This is one of the most electric scenes in movie history:
positive · AI labelView post →You couldn’t make a film like Dog Day Afternoon today…because it’s almost 6pm and you wouldn’t have enough time.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie idea - like Dog Day Afternoon, a bank heist goes wrong and the robber is trapped in the bank with hostages. But his escape plan is to run for president from within the bank and campaign from within it until November, then pardon himself when he wins.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nobody show Will Robin and Marian, the Robin Hood movie that came out a year before Star Wars. Or, you know, the "Attica! Attica!" scene in Dog Day Afternoon.
neutral · AI labelView post →My rule: when you're responsible for several of the best films in cinema history (plus slew of other great ones), you get Birthday post. BOTD: Sidney Lumet, genius filmmaker 6/25/1924 Oscar nods: 58 12 Angry Men 🎬 75 Dog Day Afternoon 🎬 76 Network 🎬 81 Prince of the City 📖 82 Verdict 🎬 #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →The film Dog Day Afternoon is based on a real-life story about a bisexual bank robber who held up a bank to pay for his partner's surgery... except that the REAL real-life story is a lot more complicated. I've got the story in this week's bonus video: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
neutral · AI labelView post →#TodayInQueerHistory Aug 22 (1972) John Wojtowicz, Salvatore Naturile, and a 3rd man tried to rob a bank in Brooklyn. It became a media circus. John ordered pizza for the hostages. John planned the robbery to pay for his partner's gender affirming surgery. It became the film Dog Day Afternoon.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're looking for an excellent, little known movie to stream at home, please check out Gus Van Sant's Dead Man's Wire, which feels like a combination of Dog Day Afternoon and Network, but done in that distinctively funky Van Sant style.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 🎬🖤 Directed by Sidney Lumet
neutral · AI labelView post →John Cazale. Only appeared in 5 films but all five were nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars: The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part II (1974) The Conversation (1974) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The Deer Hunter (1978) Died of lung cancer in March 1978, aged 42 ☹️
neutral · AI labelView post →Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Directed by Sidney Lumet
neutral · AI labelView post →I have decided to marathon every 1970's Al Pacino movie and I'm starting tonight with Dog Day Afternoon
neutral · AI labelView post →Remembering legendary and influential, Oscar-nominated film editor Dede Allen, on her 102nd birthday, famous for her work on films like The Hustler, Bonnie and Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, and Reds, and collaborations with Arthur Penn, Sidney Lumet, Robert Wise, Elia Kazan, and George Roy Hill.
neutral · AI labelView post →Went back and forth on which movie to watch with Elvis, my cinephile younger daughter, today. Only after settling on Inside Man (a nod to Dog Day Afternoon, which we watched a couple of weeks ago) did we realize how dad-coded a choice it was.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, The Deer Hunter: all nominated for Best Picture. Is there a better five-movie run than Cazale's? I doubt it.
neutral · AI labelView post →New video goes live today! It's about the wild and incredible true story behind the film DOG DAY AFTERNOON -- from a love affair gone wrong to bumbling bank robbers and a collection of dildos. Join us for a livestream chat at 11am pacific, then we'll watch the premiere: youtube.com/live/r5Frgc8...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm no film expert but is Dog Day Afternoon not considered one of the great films of the 1970s
neutral · AI labelView post →Dog Day Afternoon is a timeless film because it speaks to the latent transsexual desire for a bank robber bf........
neutral · AI labelView post →cis people keep asking what they can do to be a good ally to trans people in these trying times. if you REALLY wanna help us out, please refer to the instructional film Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
positive · AI labelView post →Remembering Dorothea Carothers "Dede" Allen (December 3, 1923 – April 17, 2010). The single most influential film editor of her generation: Bonnie & Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, The Hustler, so much more. Her legacy persists, in those she trained, and in all of us who learned from the films she cut.
neutral · AI labelView post →My rule: when you're responsible for several of the best films in cinema history (plus slew of other great ones), you get Birthday post. BOTD: Sidney Lumet, genius filmmaker 6/25/1924 Oscar nods: 58 12 Angry Men 🎬 75 Dog Day Afternoon 🎬 76 Network 🎬 81 Prince of the City 📖 82 Verdict 🎬 #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Actor Jake Cannavale is a white guy. He’s also the great-grandson of the legendary black singer and actress Lena Horne. As well as the grandson of legendary Jewish film director Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon). “Race” is not a biological construct. It’s just a social construct.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Dir: Sidney Lumet #Movies #Film
neutral · AI labelView post →Born 25 April 1940, and considered one of the greatest actors of all time, Al Pacino gained worldwide acclaim and recognition for his portrayal of first time crook, Sonny Wortzik in the movie "Dog Day Afternoon" in 1975. Pure Genius. #AlPacino
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed the Broadway adaptation of the classic comedy DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Wait a second...
neutral · AI labelView post →unlike Ace Ventura, Dog Day Afternoon is a pretty good movie based on a true story, and selling the rights to it paid for a trans woman's srs.
positive · AI labelView post →It's kinda crazy to me that Dog Day Afternoon doesn't have the reputation of like Godfather or Goodfellas as being a must-see movie because it absolutely fucking deserves it. Everyone should see this movie. Everyone. ESPECIALLY if you're a queer person.
positive · AI labelView post →#lastfourwatched #letterboxedfrid #Movies #Film 1.Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 2.The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) 3.Requiem for a Dream (2000) 4.The Burning (1981)
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW that 70s Movie Podcast Join us for an astonished look at Sidney Lumet's New Hollywood / #NYC70s landmark Dog. Day. Afternoon. w/outstanding Al Pacino, John Cazale & Charles Durning [DP Victor J. Kemper 🙏 / Ed Dede Allen 🙏 ] podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... open.spotify.com/episode/68nJ...
neutral · AI labelView post →Post a movie you love beginning with the letter "D." Dancer in the Dark (2000) Dawn of the Dead (1978) Dead Ringers (1988) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) #filmsky 📽
positive · AI labelView post →Film Trap (4/30/25) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Directed by Sidney Lumet Randomly put this on a couple of weeks ago and realized I’d forgotten how good it is. Pacino pre-icon status, twitchy and uncomfortable. Amazing performances across the cast. Never boring, perfectly paced. Masterful filmmaking.
positive · AI labelView post →Btw I’ve established this but Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon (8? 9 years prior?) is my vote for “what’s the hottest anyone has ever been in a movie”
positive · AI labelView post →That 70s Movie Podcast Returns And, by request (!!) - we hunker down with Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon, w/outstanding Al Pacino, John Cazale & Charles Durning [DP Victor J. Kemper 🙏 / Ed Dede Allen 🙏 ] So, pick up the phone! open.spotify.com/episode/68nJ... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
neutral · AI labelView post →It just dawned on me. Kash Patel and Trump stole their narrative about Tyler Robinson's motivations from the movie "Dog Day Afternoon"
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw Dog Day Afternoon was randomly on TCM and I'm mesmerized. Has there ever been a more anti cop pro trans movie? Sidney Lumet was the best.
positive · AI labelView post →#MOVIEMADNESS DAY 8 ~ A great acting performance Al Pacino Dog Day Afternoon youtu.be/lB6Gk5EtunI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →The people saying Dog Day Afternoon are real ones but the actual answer is just any John Waters film you feel like
neutral · AI labelView post →“Dog Day Afternoon as a Political Film” and in late masterworks like Archaeologies of the Future, he read science fiction novels and Hollywood blockbusters for how they worked through genuine social dilemmas and expressed the wish for more adequate societies.
neutral · AI labelView post →There’s no Definitive American Movie just a really dope film festival - O Brother - Dog Day Afternoon - Daughters of the Dust - Real Women Have Curves - Fargo - Crooklyn - Tangerine - Killers of The Flower Moon - Joy Luck Club - Top Gun - Chicago
neutral · AI labelView post →#ScoreTheStill 7/25 Film: Dog Day Afternoon A fabulous song with the great Kevin Haskins on drums 🥁👌 Love and Rockets Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (1985) 💿 The Dog-end of a Day Gone By 🎶 youtu.be/dQM4Igl5AqY?...
neutral · AI labelView post →what’s your favorite John Cazale film? I love them all, and they’re each very different, but it’s got to be Dog Day Afternoon. Also a favorite Al Pacino film.
positive · AI labelView post →Hey, it's night 2 of TCM's spotlight on "Trans Images in Film"...let's watch DOG DAY AFTERNOON! #TCMParty #DogDayAfternoon ^JW
neutral · AI labelView post →One of Al Pacino’s best movies, _Dog Day Afternoon_, is still a very relevant movie to this day and was released in 1975.
positive · AI labelView post →The setting and film composition in "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975), directed by Sidney Lumet, are extraordinary. Celebrating 50 years of this masterpiece.
positive · AI labelView post →In the 1980s I sat down with a small tape and recorded the film Dog Day Afternoon, transcribed it, wrote a script and directed it at the Trade Union Centre and the Royal Institution in Liverpool. Ian Hart played Sonny. Technically a challenge, but one of my most cherished memories of those days.
positive · AI labelView post →Why turn "Dog Day Afternoon," a film from the upper echelon of the IMDb Top 250, into a play 50 years after its release? Does it have something urgent to impart about the times we live in? The answer may surprise you!
neutral · AI labelView post →Continuing the 70's Pacino-thon with The Panic In Needle Park tonight but not until after I rewatch Dog Day Afternoon because I haven't stopped thinking about that movie in DAYS
positive · AI labelView post →2025 watch #36. Dog Day Afternoon. Every time I watch it, I’m like, “Is THIS my favorite movie?” It’s perfect.
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