“It’s beautifully acted by performers who appear to have grown up on the city’s sidewalks in the heat and hopelessness of an endless midsummer.”
Sidney Lumet’s 1975 heist drama is a film we’ve long wanted to show at film club. In fact, we’ve put it up for the vote four times in the last seven years and it’s never won (take a look at The Chain to see the competition). We can only assume it’s because you’ve seen it before... Well, if that’s the case, like Alien last week, it’s a film that’s always worth revisiting. And if you haven’t seen it, watch it with us this week and we might forgive you not voting for it next time we inevitably try to add it to The Chain.
As you’ll see in Wayne’s video intro below, Dog Day Afternoon came to mind for this week’s film because we’re in the middle of Pride month and we’ve also enjoyed something a heatwave.
We’d love to hear what you think of Dog Day Afternoon once you’ve seen it. Leave a comment here, send us an email, Tweet us @tpfilmclub or post on our Facebook or Instagram pages.
Where can you watch Dog Day Afternoon?
Dog Day Afternoon is available to rent on every major streaming platform: Amazon Prime, Google Play, Apple iTunes, Microsoft and YouTube.
Related links
I Knew It Was You - trailer for the John Cazale doc (hard to come by; let us you know if you’d like to watch it)
The bizarre true story that inspired Dog Day Afternoon - New York Post article about John Wojtowicz, the inspiration for Pacino’s character
