Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Starring Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, James Broderick, William Bogert, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar, Beulah Garrick, Carol Kane, Sandra Kazan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Amy Levitt, John Marriott, Estelle Omens, Gary Springer, Carmine Foresta, Lance Henriksen, Floyd Levine, Dick Anthony Williams, Dominic Chianese, Marcia Haufrecht, Judith Malina, Susan Peretz, Ron Cummins, Jay Gerber, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Chu Chu Malave, Lionel Pina, Robert Costanzo, Ron Gilbert, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Metzger, Lynette Sheldon, Alan Berger, James Bulleit, Todd Everett, Raymond Serra, Tom Towles
IHBM9.25Excellent
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
My review · Reviewed 08/06/2010
Oh where oh where did the great actor that was Al Pacino go? I think that this film may have been his best work. Forget the crap like Scent of a Women - he had yet to become a cliche of himself at this point in his career. The film starts with three friends holding up a bank. Nothing goes right after that. The film is a bit of a dark comedy based on a true story. The payoff is fantastic.