D6430 DOG DAY AFTERNOON (USA, 1975) (Other titles: Apres-midi de chien; Cerna kronjka; Hundstage; Quel pomeriggio di un qiorno da cani; Skaev eftermiddag; Tarde de perros)

Credits: director, Sidney Lumet ; writer, Frank Pierson. Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon. Summary: Crime melodrama set in contemporary Brooklyn, N.Y. The story of a botched bank robbery on August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn that turned into a bizarre hostage situation. Based on a true incident. Bisexual Sonny (Pacino) and his moronic friend Sol (Cazale) try to rob a the bank to pay for a sex- change operation for Sonny's transvestite lover. They are surrounded in the bank by an army of police. The thieves threaten to shoot the hostages, saying “we are Vietnam veterans and killing doesn't bother us,” and demanding a $1 million dollar ransom and a plane to fly them to a distant country (Wyoming). They eventually get a bus to the airport, but are outwitted and captured by the FBI.

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