Name: Dog Day Afternoon
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1975-12-25
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, James Broderick

Dog Day Afternoon

Unexpected Consequences of Hostage Situations

Moretti Hey, man, I'm sorry.

Sonny How'd that happen?

Moretti They got his girlfriend in there. You know the Spanish.

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Dog Day Afternoon

A Command to Freeze and Stay Still

Sonny Wortzik All right, freeze! Nobody move!

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Dog Day Afternoon

Uncertainty Amidst a Hostage Situation

Sonny Who the fuck is that?!

[after being attacked by Maria's boyfriend]

Moretti I don't know. He-he's one of the Spanish kids.

Sonny Who's Maria?

Moretti They got her inside.

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Dog Day Afternoon

Tension Escalates in a Hostage Situation

Maria's Boyfriend He's got my girl in there! Maria!

Leon He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me.

Pizza Boy I'm a fucking star!

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Dog Day Afternoon

Consequences of Crime in Dog Day Afternoon

Sonny Wortzik Bank robbing is a federal offense. You got me on kidnapping, armed robbery. You're gonna bury me, man!

[to Detective Sergeant Eugene Moretti]

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Dog Day Afternoon

The Challenges of Employment and Crime

Sonny I'm robbing a bank because they got money here. That's why I'm robbing it.

Anchorman No, what I mean is why do you feel you have to steal for money? Couldn't you get a job?

Sonny Uh, no. Doing what? You know if you want a job you've got to be a member of a union. See, and if you got no union card you don't get a job.

Anchorman What about non-union occupations?

Sonny What's wrong with this guy? What do you mean non-union, like what? A bank teller? You know how much a bank teller makes a week? Not much. A hundred and fifteen to start, right? Now are you going to live on that? A got a wife and a couple of kids, how am I going to live on that? What do you make a week?

Anchorman Well I'm here to talk to you, Sonny...

Sonny Well I'm talking to you. We're entertainment, right? What do you got for us?

Anchorman Well, what do you want to get for it? Do you expect to be paid because...

Sonny No, I don't want to be paid, I don't need to be paid. Look, I'm here with my partner and nine other people, see. And we're dying, man. You know? You're going to see our brains on the sidewalk, they're going to spill our guts out. Now are you going to show that on television? Have all your housewives look at that? Instead of ]? I mean what do you got for me? I want something for that.

[[w:As the World Turns|As the World Turns]

Anchorman Sonny, you could give up.

Sonny Give up? Right. Have you ever been in prison?

Anchorman No!

Sonny No! Well. let's talk about something you fucking know about, okay? How much do you make a week? That's what I want to hear. Are you going to talk to me about that?

Anchorman Sorry, this has been interrupted.

Sonny Hey, what the fuck happened?

Mulvaney I guess he didn't appreciate your use of language.

Sonny Fuck him.

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Dog Day Afternoon

A Notorious Bank Robbery in 1972

Taglines In August, 1972, Sonny Wortzik robbed a bank. 250 cops, the F.B.I., 8 hostages and 2,000 onlookers will never forget what took place.

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Dog Day Afternoon

Miscommunication During a Hostage Situation

Sal Tell the TV to stop saying there's two homosexuals in here.

Agent Sheldon I will, Sal.

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Dog Day Afternoon

A Call to the Unreachable

Sonny Wortzik You know I can call anybody, they'd put it on the phone? The Pope, an astronaut, the wisest of the wise... Who do I have to call?

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Dog Day Afternoon

Self-Identification of a Misfit

Sonny Wortzik I'm a fuck-up and I'm an outcast! If you get near me you're gonna get it- you're gonna get fucked over and fucked out!

[to his mother]

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Dog Day Afternoon

Tension Between Hostage and Police Negotiator

Sonny I don't wanna talk to some flunky pig tryin to calm me, man.

Det. Moretti Now you don't have to be calling me pig for...

Sonny What is he doin'?

[notices other officers moving toward him]

Det. Moretti Will you get back there?!

[shouts at officers]

Sonny What are you movin in there for?!

Det. Moretti Will you get the fuck back there?! Get back there, will ya?!

[runs toward closing officers]

Sonny What's he doin'? Go back there man! He wants to kill me so bad, he can taste it! Huh? Attica! Attica! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!

[addresses other cops moving toward him]

Sonny Attica!! Attica!! Remember Attica?!

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Dog Day Afternoon

FBI Instructions on Identity in Crisis

Sonny Wortzik Alright, it's the FBI, so nobody give your real name.

[to the hostages]

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Dog Day Afternoon

A Robbery Turned Media Sensation

Taglines The robbery should have taken 10 minutes. Eight hours later, it was the hottest thing on live TV. And it's all true.

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Dog Day Afternoon

Conflict Over Alarm and Morality

Sonny Hey, wait a minute, what are you trying to do? Trip the alarm? Use the spare key?

Mulvaney It must have been on my mind.

Sonny Well, you'll get your mind right. I'm a Catholic, and I don't want to hurt anybody, understand?

Mulvaney Yes, sir.

Sonny No alarms! No alarms!

Mulvaney Okay.

Sonny No games, alright? Use the other one.

Dog Day Afternoon

A Unique Request During Tension

Sonny Kiss me, man.

Moretti What?

Sonny Kiss me. When I'm being fucked, I like to get kissed a lot.

Dog Day Afternoon

Unpredictable Events of a Summer Day

Taglines Anything can happen during the dog days of summer. On August 22, 1972, everything did.

Dog Day Afternoon

Tension Between Negotiators in a Hostage Situation

Agent Sheldon I want them all.

Sonny I want to talk to Leon.

Agent Sheldon I want to come in, and see if everybody's okay.

Sonny You got guts. You think if Sal and me have cut their throats we're gonna let you out?

Agent Sheldon I have to see.

Dog Day Afternoon

Bizarre Events of a Unique Bank Heist

Taglines The Most Bizarre Bank Siege Ever

Dog Day Afternoon

True Story of an Unbelievable Bank Heist

Taglines Nobody could dream him up. His incredible bank robbery is all the more bizarre... because it's true.

Dog Day Afternoon

Misunderstanding Locations During a Conversation

Sonny So, Sal, Where do you want to go?

Sal Wyoming.

Sonny Sal, Wyoming, that's not a country.

Dog Day Afternoon

Indifference to Public Perception

Sonny Wortzik That's all they're interested in - it's a freak show to them. I can't control it, Sal - let em say what they want. Forget it. It don't matter.

[to Salvatore "Sal" Naturile]

Dog Day Afternoon

From Robbery to Media Sensation

Taglines The robbery should have taken 10 minutes. 4 hours later, the bank was like a circus sideshow. 8 hours later, it was the hottest thing on live T.V. 12 hours later, it was history. And it's all true.

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