

Dog Day Afternoon
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $56.7M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- airport
- police
- hostage
- bank
- fbi
- heist
- psychological thriller
- bank robbery
- brooklyn, new york city
- bank cashier
- car procession
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)RNew York City, New York21 Sept 1975
- TheatricalR25 Dec 1975
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1518 Dec 1975
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM18 Dec 1975
- Digital / OTTM1 Nov 2020
CanadaCA
- Theatrical1 Oct 1975
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical8 Jan 1976
AustriaAT
- PremiereVienna International Film Festival4 Nov 2014
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1817 Jun 1976
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1212 Apr 1976
CzechiaCZ
- Premiere18+Karlovy Vary International Film Festival5 Jul 2015
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical156 Feb 1976
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1630 Jan 1976
FranceFR
- Theatrical30 Jan 1976
- TheatricalRe-release11 Apr 2007
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Dog Day Afternoon was released on 21 September 1975.
Audience reviews
2- T10/10
talisencrw
8/23/2016
Recently I have gotten on kicks for both watching and appreciating the works of director Sidney Lumet and the classic (i.e., 70's) performances of Al Pacino. Thus I came across this film, which I had on DVD forever. It'll interesting to watch the recent documentary on the character Pacino portrays, 'The Dog'--just found out about it earlier today. I loved Lumet's films he made before this that I've seen--'12 Angry Me…
- F7/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
4/14/2024
**A good film, but not as memorable as some people say.** Director Sidney Lumet created this film based on a true incident that is still the subject of study by police cadets today: a homosexual who decides to rob a bank to pay for his partner's sex change, but who takes the manager and the employees as hostages when things get complicated, and desperately tries not to be killed or arrested by the policemen, who s…
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