Director:
Sidney LumetGuión:
Frank R. PiersonCámara:
Victor J. KemperReparto:
Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Lance Henriksen, Dominic Chianese, Chris Sarandon, Robert Costanzo, Tom Towles (más)Streaming (5)
Sinopsis(1)
Unos delincuentes de poca monta deciden atracar la sucursal de un banco de Brooklyn. Sin embargo, debido a su inexperiencia, el robo, que había sido planeado para ser ejecutado en apenas diez minutos, se convierte en una trampa para los atracadores y en un espectáculo para la televisión en directo. (Warner Bros. España)
Reseñas (12)
You’ve just taken the money and suddenly a hundred police officers show up, it's hard to imagine a bigger setback when robbing a bank. Sidney Lumet uses this intriguing idea in the best possible way, collaborating with a stellar Al Pacino to create a thrilling and compelling story whose only drawback was that it was made in the same year as Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Otherwise, in addition to the Oscar for the screenplay, there would surely be an award for the director and also for Pacino, who gives a performance of a lifetime that makes you believe in him. Although it explores a theme used mostly in action films, there are only three shots in the entire film. That, however, doesn't detract from its quality or pace; on the contrary, it leaves even more space for the psychologically demanding situation in which everyone involved – hostages, perpetrators or police officers – find themselves. The whole thing is excellently shot, the atmosphere of the 70s is very much felt, full of discrimination and political affairs, and the viewer is tense until the end – will the robbers be caught or will they be killed?
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Gran actuación de Pacino en una película de atracos con un argumento banal. ¿O se supone que, como espectador, debo quedarme boquiabierto por el giro cuando un joven en bata entra en escena como su esposa, por cuyo cambio de sexo Pacino está haciendo todo esto? Su verdadera esposa y, sobre todo, su madre no hacen más que completar el extraño círculo de personajes que hacen de esta una comedia involuntaria. La representación del Brooklyn de la época y sus condiciones en Estados Unidos es encomiable, pero como drama humano este clásico no me atrapó.
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Muy extraña película, que difícilmente puedo valorar y comentar aún peor. Al Pacino ha sido desde hace mucho tiempo uno de mis actores favoritos, en algún momento incluso estuvo en primer lugar. No dudo ni por un segundo de sus habilidades actuales en todas las etapas de su carrera, por lo que aquí también demostró un rendimiento excepcionalmente sobresaliente. Estoy de acuerdo en que John Cazale también fue excelente. Sin embargo, la película me dejó sensaciones ambiguas e inciertas, pero eso tal vez sea habitual y objetivo en la obra de Sidney Lumeta. Al principio me recordó un poco a una comedia o incluso una parodia de las clásicas películas de robos bancarios, pero más tarde se convirtió en una película seria que plantea una serie de preguntas. El final corona la obra...
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Definitely one of the best bank robbery movies. Not only the drama and the game about the lives of the hostages and the two criminals, but also a bit of a portrait of the times (with allusions to the unlimited power of unions in the States at the time, the power of the media, the Attica massacre and the then despised homosexuality). A de-facto reconstruction of a real case, where it turns out that the best stories are written by life itself – in the first half there are many twists and turns and absurd situations, and with the arrival of the FBI agent, a psychological struggle begins, where you can cut the tension and the whole thing is watched in one breath. The young Al Pacino was already phenomenal at the time, and the master of supporting roles John Cazale with his unreadable expression ably seconded him. Sidney Lumet made several gems, this is one of them, and along with the likes of Arthur Penn, he is one of the most underrated filmmakers of the 1960s and 70s in my eyes.
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One Wednesday morning, Al Pacino woke up as a bank clerk whose world had crumbled apart. He said to himself “screw it” and he decided to rob his place of work and to exchange the money for cigars, rum and a hut made of straw to sleep in in Cuba. He got himself two accomplices: one flees before the action starts and you feel sad about the other one – even more than you feel sad about the movie. After a botched robbery, the two criminals remain closed in the bank along with several employees, the bank is surrounded by about five dozen cops and the social survey of year 1975 starts. And since the movie stars Al Pacino in the leading role, you can bet that you won’t be bored.
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An instruction video about how never under any circumstances to proceed during a bank robbery. Al Pacino excels in the main role, demonstrating all typical beginner’s mistakes. Mainly by completely outshining all the others with his performance. Which, in view of how interesting most characters are, is rather a shame; twice as much with respect to Cazale’s role.
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Sometimes everything goes wrong even before anything starts. How many times has a bank robbery been portrayed in a movie? No one can count the number of times. And is it possible, after all those attempts, to see it in a way that you won't even breathe from the suspense? Definitely – Sidney Lumet managed to turn the charismatic and demonic Al Pacino into an innocent looking boy, whose nerves can snap at any moment, and turned a bank robbery into a two-hour realistic spectacle, where the first gunshot almost halfway through the movie still scared me. An incredible spectacle, specific scenes of which Joel Schumacher probably watched over and over while shooting Phone Booth.
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Dog Day Afternoon is deceptive. The beginning feels like a genuine crime comedy when a trio of raw amateurs armed only with determination and confidence decide to rob a bank on a busy street. However, they do not take into account the many larger and smaller obstacles that complicate their situation. Despite many tragicomic situations, the viewer soon senses that the story is heading elsewhere, into a more intense and above all more tragic position. Sidney Lumet directed his film based on a true event, and despite all the absurdity of what is seen, it is all extremely chillingly realistic. He managed to work brilliantly with his actors and extracted maximum emotions from the depicted events, including a considerable dose of social criticism not sparing police or journalistic practices. In a certain position, it is reminiscent of the famous music video by the band Rammstein "Ich will." For me, it is one of the timeless films of its genre, where the viewer will not find a trace of the usual contrivance of similar films. Overall impression: 95%.
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I promise will never complain about my bad luck again... Sidney Lumet made a perfect crime drama about one not exactly ordinary bank robbery, that in certain moments is more like a comedy. The role of Sonny Wortzik is one of Al Pacino’s greatest creations ever. He gives a perfect performance of an absolute wreck desperately trying to get the situation under control. John Cazale as Sal is pleasantly inconspicuous and for the whole time it’s apparent that he is consumed by fear. And it seems that the guy at the end in the minibus truly was Lance Henriksen. The screenplay is flawless and goes to show that even such a classic plot like a bank robbery can be turned into something so “different".
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Nowadays it's flat, but in its day it was a very conscious social satire in an unapologetically attractive take on bank robbery. It's incredible how films have swelled and got incredibly big inwardly over the past few decades. Here, the would-be subtle digressions into gay sexuality and political shenanigans are so blatant and simple in hindsight that it doesn't quite hold the viewer's attention, and when they do it is with a considerable smirk. Sidney Lumet can't be denied a certain authenticity and, more importantly, an effort to make everything fit together perfectly. One thing, however, hasn't changed at all in all that time until today: Al Pacino's acting.
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Excellent stuff. Al Pacino is definitely the most likeable bank robber after Belmondo's clown. And Dog Day Afternoon is one of those films that keeps me breathless, even though it's over two hours long.
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Al Pacino delivers yet another one of his incredible performances, under the direction of Sidney Lumet, who presents a film that could initially be seen as a comedy, but which has such a gradual escalation that you realize this can't end well, even though you might find yourself rooting for the anti-hero. Just like the others.
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