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Born To Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon
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August 22, 1972: Two Men Attempt To Rob A Bank In Brooklyn. They Fail Miserably: The Money TheyD Hoped For IsnT There, The Cops Get Tipped Off Immediately, And Within 30 Minutes TheyRe In A Hostage Situation With The Fbi. Things Really Get Crazy When Reporters Learn That One Of The Robbers Is Gay And Married To A Trans Woman. The Crowd Of Journalists And Onlookers Grows Into The Hundreds, Desperate For A Glimpse Of This Charismatic LiveWire WhoS Robbing The Bank Not For Greed Or Thrills, But To Fund His PartnerS Sexual Reassignment Surgery.Sound Familiar? This Is The Plot Of Dog Day Afternoon, The 1975 Film Directed By Sidney Lumet And Starring Al Pacino, John Cazale, And Chris Sarandon. It Remains A HighWater Mark Of New Hollywood, Where The Best Acting Talent Of The Day Came Together On A Film That Was Truly Exceptional. But Equally Exceptional Was The Fact That The Film Was Based On A TrueLife Incident.Drawing On Extensive Archival Research, Film Historian Rachel Walther Delves Into The FilmS Backstory, Tracing How An Unbelievable True Crime Tale Of Love, Bank Robbery, And Lgbtqi+ Activism Became A BoxOffice Smash And Catapulted A Group Of Brooklyn Outsiders Into The Media Spotlight. NameChecked On Tv Shows From The Simpsons To Drunk History, And Now A Broadway Play, Dog Day AfternoonS Legacy Continues To Inspire Filmmakers, Writers, And Actors. WaltherS Deep Dive Interrogates The FilmS Place In The 1970S Zeitgeist, Set Against A Background Of Antiwar Activism And The Fight For Gay And Trans Rights, And In Doing So Shows Its Continuing Relevance Today.
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