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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0085393372729 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 28, 2006 Running Time: 125 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1975 Sales Rank: 6302 MPN: WARD33727D
Description: DVD Features: Audio Commentary Documentaries Featurette Theatrical Trailer
Amazon.com essential video: A gripping true crime yarn, a juicy slice of overheated New York atmosphere, and a splendid showcase for its young actors, Dog Day Afternoon is a minor classic of the 1970s. The opening montage of New York street life (set to Elton John's lazy "Amoreena") establishes the oppressive mood of a scorching afternoon in the city with such immediacy that you can almost smell the garbage baking in the sun and the water from the hydrants evaporating from the sizzling pavement. Al Pacino plays Sonny, who, along with his rather slow-witted accomplice Sal (John Cazale, familiar as Pacino's Godfather brother Fredo), holds hostages after a botched a bank robbery. Sonny finds himself transformed into a rebel celebrity when his standoff with police (including lead negotiator Charles Durning) is covered live on local television. The movie doesn't appear to be about anything in particular, but it really conveys the feel of wild and unpredictable events unfolding before your eyes, and the whole picture is so convincing and involving that you're glued to the screen. An Oscar winner for original screenplay, Dog Day Afternoon was also nominated for best picture, actor, supporting actor (Chris Sarandon, as a surprise figure from Sonny's past), editing, and director (Sidney Lumet of Serpico, Prince of the City, The Verdict, and Running on Empty). --Jim Emerson
Amazon.com: A gripping true crime yarn, a juicy slice of overheated New York atmosphere, and a splendid showcase for its young actors, Dog Day Afternoon is a minor classic of the 1970s. The opening montage of New York street life (set to Elton John's lazy "Amoreena") establishes the oppressive mood of a scorching afternoon in the city with such immediacy that you can almost smell the garbage baking in the sun and the water from the hydrants evaporating from the sizzling pavement. Al Pacino plays Sonny, who, along with his rather slow-witted accomplice Sal (John Cazale, familiar as Pacino's Godfather brother Fredo), holds hostages after a botched a bank robbery. Sonny finds himself transformed into a rebel celebrity when his standoff with police (including lead negotiator Charles Durning) is covered live on local television. The movie doesn't appear to be about anything in particular, but it really conveys the feel of wild and unpredictable events unfolding before your eyes, and the whole picture is so convincing and involving that you're glued to the screen. An Oscar winner for original screenplay, Dog Day Afternoon was also nominated for best picture, actor, supporting actor (Chris Sarandon, as a surprise figure from Sonny's past), editing, and director (Sidney Lumet of Serpico, Prince of the City, The Verdict, and Running on Empty). --Jim Emerson
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Rating: - Bob in Miami
Excellent movie. The Blu Ray High Definition make you feel that you are in the movies.
Rating: - What a great remake this movie would be
I was a running in diapers when this awesome movie played on "The Movie Channel". My older brothers were cheering with the crowd when I stopped running and made them laugh by cheering with the tv screen ... Read More
Rating: - "Attica! Attica! Remember Attica?"
AL Pacino is one of the greates actors of our time, and cetrainly ahs been the highlight of every film he's been in, even in this year's 88 Minutes. And so he outdoes himself once again in his best performance, ... Read More
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Rating: - One of the Greatest
This is one of the best movies I've ever seen and DVD quality picture only makes it more fun to watch. The interactive menus are nice, but I still go back to the movie.
- Bob in Miami
- "Attica! Attica! Remember Attica?"