event Crime Spree Series: Dog Day Afternoon

An electrifying heist thriller that morphs from comedy to drama to full-blown tragedy, Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon uses the true story of a comically botched bank robbery to comment on the police, the media, and society at large. Intending to use the stolen money to finance his lover’s sex-change operation, Al Pacino storms into a New York bank for what should be a 10-minute robbery. But minutes turn to hours turn to a full day as Pacino and his half-witted partner, John Cazale, make one mistake after another, trapped with hostages inside the bank as a media circus builds outside.

An electrifying heist thriller that morphs from comedy to drama to full-blown tragedy, Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon uses the true story of a comically botched bank robbery to comment on the police, the media, and society at large. Intending to use the stolen money to finance his lover’s sex-change operation, Al Pacino storms into a New York bank for what should be a 10-minute robbery. But minutes turn to hours turn to a full day as Pacino and his half-witted partner, John Cazale, make one mistake after another, trapped with hostages inside the bank as a media circus builds outside.