Dog Day Afternoon (1975) DVD - Widescreen & Full Screen - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Retail
 

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) DVD - Widescreen & Full Screen - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Retail
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Covers events from August 22, 1972; Produced and released in 1975.

Al Pacino plays a ferocious and fed-up bank robber in Lumet's classic film DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Balancing suspense, violence, and humor, the film's depiction of a grand-scale media event craftily dives from the political to the personal, evoking a piercing portrait of a man and his devastating downward tumble as seen through the media circus that Lumet made a career of chronicling.

Pacino is heartbreakingly real as Sonny, a smart yet self-destructive Brooklyn tough whose plan to rob the local bank to fund his male lover's (Chris Sarandon) sex change goes absurdly wrong. Accompanied only by his doltish accomplice, Sal (John Cazale), Sonny resorts to kidnapping a handful of bank employees when he realizes that all the money had been removed before his arrival. As the lengthy August day drags on, Sonny and hordes of local police, led by Sergeant Moretti (Charles Durning), make little progress, and eventually Sonny's wife and lover are brought to the scene. The crowd's sympathy is immediately captured by the charismatic Sonny, whose antagonism with the police is played out before an audience of millions, leading to an inevitably tragic finish.

Filmed on location in New York City.

In real life, Pacino's character, Sonny Wortzik, was serving a 20-year federal prison sentence while the film was being made.

Academy Award: Best Original Screenplay - Frank Pierson

Academy Award Nomination: Best Picture, Best Actor - Al Pacino, Best Supporting Actor - Chris Sarandon, Best Director - Sidney Lumet, Best Film Editing - Dede Allen!!
    
Features/Specifications
  • Attractive Retail Box
  • Genre: Crime
  • Rating: R (MPAA)
  • Rating Reason: For Violent Action Throughout and Some Language.
  • Starring: James Broderick, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Al Pacino, Alfredo James Pacino, Chris Sarandon
  • Directed By: Sidney Lumet
  • Release Information:
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1975
  • DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002
  • Run Time: 130 minutes
  • Production Company: Warner Home Video
  • Package Type: Snap Case
  • Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only). This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.
  • Aspect Ratio(s):
  • Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
  • Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
  • Available Audio Tracks:
  • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Language: English
  • Available Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
  • Closed Captioned: Yes
  • Bonus Features:
  • Production Notes
  • Interactive Features:
  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access
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  • DVD Player
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