"Dog Day Afternoon" robbery was 40 years ago today

[CHNOPS]

Robbery was in Gravesend, BK. With a few concessions to dramatic liberty, it happened very much as in the movie--which I suppose is why it was ripe for making a movie about.

Movie was filmed in my old neighborhood, at a bank that is now condos. Still one of my all-time favorites, and aging well. (The movie, not the bank/condos.)

Contemporaneous news story of the robbery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75LQKUF9wC0

NYT slide show of photos/timeline: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/08/22/nyregion/dog-day-afternoon.html#1

Original movie trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF1rtd8_pxA

John Wojtowicz's (real-life perpetrator of the robbery) mixed review of the movie: http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC15folder/RealDogDay.html

 

[evesdream]

Sonny gives good thread. Great links.

 

[1sickbastard]

Loved that movie. Been years since I've seen it.

 

[bluemuse]

May seem kind of strange, but that movie started my love affair (from afar) with Al Pacino.

 

[phrodeau]

Frank Pierson died a month ago. He wrote the screenplay of the movie, for which he won an Oscar.

 

[evesdream]

May seem kind of strange, but that movie started my love affair (from afar) with Al Pacino.

Me too. My SO hates his whole '*roOOAR* I'm Al Pacino!' thing but I eat it up.

 

[phrodeau]

My favorite Pacino moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW7WlT6OJxE

 

[evesdream]

My favorite Pacino moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW7WlT6OJxE

Is it part of Pacino trivia that he whales on someone in every movie, or am I making that up?

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

From memory, my favorite lines of dialogue from dog day was when Pacino told the cop...kiss me...the cop what!?!....Pacino....I like to be kissed when I'm getting fucked.

 

[CHNOPS]

The great opening scene. I think that deep down, those of us who love New York today, actually love it for the New York of this era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhyjIMrFlpw

 

[Saint Peter]

New York thinks you are a dick.

 

[rosco rathbone]

The great opening scene. I think that deep down, those of us who love New York today, actually love it for the New York of this era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhyjIMrFlpw

Yeah, the gnarly welcome back kotter era when everything appeared coated in a thin film of sweat and grease.

 

[CHNOPS]

New York thinks you are a dick.

In Denver, that's an insult.

In New York, you just elected me mayor.

 

[evesdream]

The great opening scene. I think that deep down, those of us who love New York today, actually love it for the New York of this era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhyjIMrFlpw

I've always said that. Have you seen Life on Mars?

 

[evesdream]

Yeah, the gnarly welcome back kotter era when everything appeared coated in a thin film of sweat and grease.

Even 2nd hand, from another country the emotional pull comes from those impressions we got on television. High contrast badly lit grit, an immigrant town. Hard to put into words.

 

[CHNOPS]

Yeah, the gnarly welcome back kotter era when everything appeared coated in a thin film of sweat and grease.

Perfect. Yep.

Here's that one. (Probably best viewed with sound off...)

Opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VlGyMG0ksg
Closing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPaed8I3V1A

 

[CHNOPS]

I've always said that. Have you seen Life on Mars?

No. I take it I should?

 

[evesdream]

No. I take it I should?

Yes -- you'll laugh, you'll cry. It's perfect.

 

[trysail]

Yeah, the gnarly welcome back kotter era when everything appeared coated in a thin film of sweat and grease.

I've got news for you: everything WAS coated in a thin film of sweat and grease ( BTW, it still is ).

 

[CHNOPS]

Here's something fun you can do instead of whatever it is you do all day: Play that opening scene video, and after Elton John sings:

Lately
I've been thinking
How much I miss my lady.

Starting with the next line, where he says "Amoreena" etc. you're not going to sing that. You're going to sing:

She's precocious
And she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush.

Do it at parties and amaze your friends!

 

[CHNOPS]

The real-life head teller--who featured prominently in the movie (and the robbery itself)--is still alive today, at 88. Here's a profile from today's NYT: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2...he-heat-of-dog-day-afternoon-40-years-on/?hpw

 

[bluemuse]

Me too. My SO hates his whole '*roOOAR* I'm Al Pacino!' thing but I eat it up.

And Serpico sealed the deal. I have a thing for Italian men. Don't get me started about Stanley Tucci.

 

[cjh]

The great opening scene. I think that deep down, those of us who love New York today, actually love it for the New York of this era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhyjIMrFlpw

About this era: http://www.langdonclay.com/42nd-street-panorama1979/evil-sex-shoppe-22_6_350.html?

 

[CHNOPS]

About this era: http://www.langdonclay.com/42nd-street-panorama1979/evil-sex-shoppe-22_6_350.html?

Yes. Great.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

The great opening scene. I think that deep down, those of us who love New York today, actually love it for the New York of this era.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhyjIMrFlpw

Lots of great NY street scenes from that era in Taxi Driver.