Al Pacino in DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)

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“Based on a 1972 incident, three amateur criminals hold up a Brooklyn branch of Chase Manhattan bank. A nice simple robbery: walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist quickly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does. The perpetrators, bank employees, cops and crowd of onlookers react in contradictory and unpredictable ways, demonstrating the chaos of New York City in the 70s.”

DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Screenplay by Frank Pierson, based upon the 1972 LIFE Magazine article "The Boys in the Bank" by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore, and the 1974 novel “Dog Day Afternoon” by Patrick Mann, aka Leslie Waller
With AL PACINO, JOHN CAZALE, CAROL KANE, CHARLES DURNING, LANCE HENRIKSEN and CHRIS SARANDON
2 hours 5 mins.
Available to stream on Prime Video, and to rent in many other places. Check justwatch.com for more info.

"THE BOYS IN THE BANK" by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore, LIFE Magazine, 9/22/72, pages 66 to 74: https://books.google.com/books?id=5VYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

One of the key texts of American cinema, DOG DAY AFTERNOON is famous for its visceral depiction of a sweaty summer in 70s New York —the city at its lowest point—as well as Al Pacino’s edgy, hilarious, and heartbreaking performance as the anti-mastermind behind the most incompetent bank robbery ever captured on film. Director Sidney Lumet’s work here is masterful, contaminating heart-stopping suspense with Three Stooges-style bumbling, making for a rich and inimitable ride. But where’s the queerness, you ask? Let’s just say it’s at the very heart of the enterprise—both the crime and the film itself.