Dog Day Afternoon

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American film New Hollywood film crime drama film film

Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 New Hollywood crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino as a desperate bank robber in a story based on a real-life hostage situation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
New Hollywood film ⓘ
crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
basedOn P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore article "The Boys in the Bank" ⓘ
real-life bank robbery of the Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn in 1972 ⓘ
character Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti ⓘ
Leon Shermer ⓘ
Sal Naturile ⓘ
Sheldon ⓘ
Sonny Wortzik ⓘ
cinematographyBy Victor J. Kemper NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sidney Lumet ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Dede Allen ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre LGBT-related film ⓘ
biographical film ⓘ
crime drama ⓘ
hasTheme desperation and failure ⓘ
media sensationalism ⓘ
sexual identity ⓘ
mainSubject bank robbery ⓘ
hostage situation ⓘ
musicBy no traditional musical score ⓘ
narrativeLocation bank branch in Brooklyn ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableQuote "Attica! Attica!" ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf New Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: New Hollywood era
producer Martin Bregman ⓘ
Martin Elfand ⓘ
releaseDate 1975-09-21 ⓘ
runningTime 125 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Frank Pierson ⓘ
setInLocation Brooklyn ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn, New York City
setInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
starring Al Pacino ⓘ
Carol Kane ⓘ
Charles Durning ⓘ
Chris Sarandon ⓘ
James Broderick ⓘ
John Cazale ⓘ
Penelope Allen ⓘ

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New Hollywood → notableFilm → Dog Day Afternoon ⓘ
Al Pacino → notableWork → Dog Day Afternoon ⓘ
Sidney Lumet → notableWork → Dog Day Afternoon ⓘ