Dog Day Afternoon
🏆 Academy Award for Best Director
Anything can happen during the dog days of summer. On August 22nd, 1972, everything did.
Brooklyn bank, summer afternoon, sirens outside. Two men, a botched heist, hostages and cameras. Lumet frames the chaos with a keen eye for social unrest.
Directed by Sidney Lumet · Written by Frank Pierson
Starring Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, James Broderick, Penelope Allen