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Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
★ 7.8 · 3,345 ratings on TMDB
Anything can happen during the dog days of summer. On August 22nd, 1972, everything did.
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.
DirectorSidney Lumet
The emergence reading
Dog Day Afternoon keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
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