Out On-Screen: Dog Day Afternoon 50th Anniversary NEW

On a sleepy, hot mid-August day in Brooklyn, Sonny Wortzik and his friend Sal attempt to rob a bank to fund a sex change operation for Sonny’s partner. Everything that can go wrong, does, as the story breaks and gets covered live on television before a growing crowd of New Yorkers who cheer the robbers on. In this 1975 semi-comic police story based on a real-life incident, Al Pacino gives a masterful performance as he works the crowd into a frenzy of supporters in Frank Pierson’s Oscar-winning script. One of director Sidney Lumet’s most finely wrought love letters to the city of New York. An early comment on the power of social media.

Tuesday, June 10, 5:45pm: In-person screening of Dog Day Afternoon at the library's main branch
Wednesday, June 11, 6:30pm: Join Dr. Alan Amtzis for an online lecture about the film in honor of Pride Month