Dog Day Afternoon Page #5

Synopsis: When inexperienced criminal Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) leads a bank robbery in Brooklyn, things quickly go wrong, and a hostage situation develops. As Sonny and his accomplice, Sal Naturile (John Cazale), try desperately to remain in control, a media circus develops and the FBI arrives, creating even more tension. Gradually, Sonny's surprising motivations behind the robbery are revealed, and his standoff with law enforcement moves toward its inevitable end.
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
86
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
R
Year:
1975
125 min
656 Views


TWO SHOT - SONNY & JACKIE

Jackie, staring at the real guns, turns to Sonny...

JACKIE:

I'm sorry, Sonny... I can't make

it...

Jackie starts to move toward the front door.

SONNY:

Hey, for christ's sake... now...

f***in' a**hole...

(turns to Sal)

He can't make it.

SAL:

F*** him - let him out!

Sonny yells out at frozen Howard.

SONNY:

Hey... let him out!

MULVANEY:

(yells)

Do what the gentleman says, Howard.

Sonny sees that Howard is useless, so he runs to Howard,

grabbing the keys from him and pulls Howard along with him

to the front door. Jackie unlocks the door, and Jackie,

with a last apologetic glance, gives his gun to Sonny and

vanishes into the sweltering afternoon. Sonny then frisks

Howard and has a sudden afterthought as he locks the door

again. He quickly unlocks it and shouts out at Jackie.

EXT. BANK - DAY

SONNY:

Hey, don't take the car!

JACKIE:

(on sidewalk)

Well, how'll I get home?

SONNY:

Take the subway. We need the car.

(as Jackie starts to

walk away)

Hey, gimme the keys - the keys!

Jackie stops, fumbles for keys, crosses back to Sonny with

them.

JACKIE:

(points to fig. desk)

Sonny, there's somebody under that

desk over there... I'm sorry...

SONNY:

It's okay... it's okay...

Sonny turns into the bank once more, as Jackie walks off

toward the subway, pointing inside at a desk near the window

as he does, to point something out to Sonny.

INT. BANK - DAY

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Frank Romer Pierson (May 12, 1925 – July 22, 2012) was an American screenwriter and film director. more…

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