Friday Classic Film Series at The Montauk Library: Dog Day Afternoon

1975 R 2h 5m

Director Sidney Lumet

Al Pacino, John Cazale, Chris Sarandon, Charles Durning

Based on events in Park Slope that took place in August 1972, the film centers on a bungled bank robbery when two men take employees hostage. While NYPD officers try to avoid bloodshed, a spectacle evolves as the streets fill with reporters, TV camera crews, and Brooklynites.