John Cazale who played Sal only appeared in 5 movies in his brief career. The Godfather,The Godfather Part II,The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon,and The Deer Hunter. All masterpieces
And all five of the movies John appeared in received Oscar nominations for Best Picture. (Technically 6, as archived footage of John Cazale was used for "Godfather III", which also received a Best Picture nomination.)
The word he shouted and people cheered: "Attica", was referring to the (then recent) Attica prison riot. Many people, especially the young, at the time were sympathetic to the demands of the prisoners (who they saw as murdered by the state). So it was a popular anti-police slogan
I mean It didn’t help that they opened fire into a smoky area that had inmates and hostages They killed more of the hostages than the inmate rioters did
And John Lennon did a song, "Attica State" - "Attica State, Attica State, We're all mates of Attica State" - OK not his most scintillating lyrics, but just to point out how prevalent the name was in the collective conscious of the generation at the time.
Another tidbit I learned from a Pacino Q&A last year: the film's assistant director was waiting inside with Al to cue him when he's supposed to go outside. Right before the cue came, the AD told Al to yell "Attica" to the crowd. Pacino, whose head was totally on the scene on not on the news, couldn't think of why, but decided to go with it anyway. So he goes out there and starts yelling "Attica! Attica!" and the crowd ERUPTS in response--this was a very hot button topic in New York especially--joining him in the chant, and one of the seminal movie moments of the 1970s was born.
Pacino and Cazale were longtime best friends. John Cazale passed from cancer way too soon. His girlfriend was a rather talented little actress you might have heard of. Her name is Meryl Streep. She took a break in her career and took care of him until his death.
@@stevenjones916 They were a couple for quite a while. And they did a very famous production of "Measure for Measure" together for Shakespeare in the Park. Actually, John Cazale died shortly after making "The Deer Hunter." There's a documentary about John called "I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale."
@@stevenjones916 They met in 1976 they were cast together in the play “Measure for Measure” in the New York Shakespeare Festival. He was diagnosed with lung cancer the next year. She got cast in “The Deer Hunter” in a role she really disliked to be close to him. They had planned to marry as soon as those next big roles came along. Pacino was such a great friend, too, and also helped with his care as much as he could. He said John and Meryl were so happy together. He thought they could do anything. Pacino said, “I’ve hardly ever seen someone so devoted to a person who was falling away like John was. To see her in this act of love for this man was overwhelming.” Pacino said of John Cazale, “He was my acting partner, but he was also like my older brother. He had a great sense of reality, if that means anything. John was here. He occupied a space. He was grounded. All I wanted was to act next to him for the rest of my life.”
Attica was improvised. Al Pacino has said an assistant director whispered in his ear just before going out the door, "Say Attica." He tried it, got a reaction, and kept going with it. I heard somewhere the extras in that scene were just people who showed up to watch the filming and that was their natural reaction. Not sure if thats true.
Pacino is one of the greatest. "What team am I on?" Is exactly why this was nominated for best picture. Just like all 5 of Cazale's films. His character saying he didn't want to get the cancer is kinda haunting when it took him (way too soon) just a couple of years later. We missed out on so many great performances because of it.
This was Al Pacino at the very height of his success in the 1970s. The Godfather, Serpico, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and ...And Justice for All made him one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation.
I say one of the greatest actors of all time. I would see him often because he lived in my suburban NY county for decades. Always a nice guy and treated like the rest of the local Hollywood stars. They liked it because nobody pestered them and they could blend in.
I can really Appreciate your reactions. Most people will cut a movie so much that it's hard to really appreciate their reaction. I saw this movie in the '70s when it came out. I felt like I watched the whole movie again. Great job.
When Sonny was first leading on the crowd he was shouting, "ATTICA! ATTICA!" and began winning the crowd over. Attica a NY State prison where a year earlier there was a riot in which the inmates briefly took over the prison before the police went in and killed many of them. People were outraged at the killings and Attica became a rallying cry for people protesting police violence. It was common for NY Gov Nelson Rockefeller to be greater with that chant when he appeared in public because he gave the order for the police to go in. It was a crazy time in NY with people very angry at the police and government and that's why the crowd was on Sonny's side.
The fact that the director, Sidney Lumet, followed this up the following year with Network is pretty astounding. Especially considering that he made this 15 years after 12 Angry Men. Three movies with a pretty searing glimpse into the human condition.
Sidney Lumet was a popular director to hire because of his talent. He was the director to hire for Network because they knew he could do Paddy's script justice.
He kept making good movies up until just a few years before his death, too. His last movie was Before The Devil Knows You're Dead, made in 2007 with Ethan Hawke and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. It's an incredibly tense and well-made thriller.
Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 and/or Inside Man would make for an excellent double/triple feature with Dog Day. They're both great heist movies combined with social commentary of the time and stellar stars and directors.
One thing they did not embellish is how crazy NYC was in the 70's. I live a short train ride from NYC and was there for various reasons during this time period and it was wild.
I saw Durning once on Broadway, it was a revival production of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man," together with Chris Noth (Law & Order, Sex and the City) and the writer/actor Spalding Gray. Robust performances from all. Man, those were the days!
I believe Al Pacino’s performance in this film was ranked as the second or third greatest acting performance in movie history, behind Peter O’Toole in Lawrence of Arabia. The stress Pacino displayed on screen was so palpable.
@@Reclining_Spuds It’s pretty wild. Some consider Peter O’Toole‘s performance in Lawrence of Arabia, to be the best performance in movie history, but he lost the Oscar to Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird.
A standout film for both Sidney Lumet and Al Pacino. As Roger Ebert described, it has an “irreverent, quirky sense of humor” and Gene Siskel, likewise, praised the “scenes mixing the fear of violence with insane laughter”. It’s a shame neither Sidney nor Al won Oscars for this, though this was up against One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which was tough competition. A greater shame was the lack of an Oscar nomination for the late great John Cazale, though he did earn a Golden Globe nomination for this.
Another great Lumet-Pacino collaboration is “Serpico,” another fact-based film. Lumet made a career of examining the American justice system, from “12 Angry Men” to “The Verdict” and“Find Me Guilty.”
I just want to say that watching someone who was pretty exclusively into the chick-flick genre now watching 70's classics like, 'Dog Day Afternoon' with insightful commentary, has been an evolution that has been a pure pleasure to witness over the years. Thank you! This channels has been a blast to keep up with!
My mom was in that bank (a Chase Manhattan on Ave P & East 4th Street, Midwood section of Brooklyn) just the day before. I can tell you that the interior of that bank is replicated flawlessly in this movie. It looked exactly like it. Dog Day Afternoon is the best representation of what 70''s/80's Brooklyn culture was like. The people and attitudes depicted are spot-on.
John Cazale was Pacino's good friend and mentor. He was also engaged to Meryl Streep. Also, the "FBI guy" is James Broderick, Matthew Broderick's father.
The best thing about Al Pacino is, when your watching him , you forget he's an actor playing a role! You really think your watching a real person ! He is amazing!!!
"Dog Day Afternoon" received 6 Oscar nominations, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Film Editing. For another Al Pacino "based on a true person and story" movie, check out the 1973 police film, with Pacino again Oscar nominated, titled "Serpico".
Pretty sure it won the Oscar for Screenplay, but "original" I don't know since it was based on a famous Life magazine article about the crime & the robber, John Wojtowicz.
Man, Pacino was just amazing in this era. The director, Sidney Lumet, made many wonderful films, but one that flies under the radar is his last, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke and Marisa Tomei among others - which Lumet directed at the ripe age of 83. It's really great.
That movie was so viscerally potent we had to take a movie shower to shake it-ran from the theater straight into whatever Disney movie was playing next. Cannot remember the Disney flick. Cannot forget Before the Devil…
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again! You’re the best at this reaction game and it’s even better with Carly! I hope you both know how much good , clean entertainment you provide! 🙂
This happened on Ave. P and East 3rd in Gravesend Brooklyn. I grew up 10 blocks away my pals were in that crowd cheering him on. They just recently tore down the original building this took place in.
Dog Day Afternoon was the first Al Pacino movie that I saw and it made me love Al Pacino's acting ability. Then I remember watching The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Serpico, And Justice For All..., Scarface and all his great movies in the 90's and it cemented him as my favorite actor. I love the 70's and 90's decades of movies.
I remember seeing this in the theater on a date and just being blown away. I remember the deep emotions of it more than the specific plot points. I love Pacino!
Two other films from the same year that you would enjoy are Sean Connery starring in "The Wind And The Lion" and also starring in Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King".
One of my favorite Pacino films. It doesn't have much action or even that much dialog but the acting is spectacular by the entire cast and the director just keeps increasing the tension throughout the entire movie.
This is a great movie! Everyone already mentioned all the important details but - A young Carol Kane was one of the hostages, she was in "The Princess Bride" as Billy Crystal's (Miracle Max) wife and Andy Kaufman's love interest in "Taxi", a popular TV show in the '80's. Also, the cop at the beginning (Charles Durning) played the corrupt cop in "The Sting" a couple years before this movie.
the term "masterpiece" is bandied about far too often, but this movie IS a masterpiece......... Al Pacino shows how acting should be done, the direction, the photography and the script. are superb, and from start to finish it grips you and doesnt let go........yes, it's not an easy movie to watch, but that's because it's so REAL.......brilliant movie and well done for reacting to it........
This is the kind of film you get when you strip away all the corporate b.s. and let film makers make films. Pacino is completely brilliant in this role. The energy and camera movement are epic. Kudos to you for checking this out. Only a few other You Tubers have had the nerve. It ISN'T an easy watch but it is film making gold. Well done, buddy.
"Only a few other You Tubers have had the nerve" Come on, man. People react to far more horrific stuff than this all the time. That's like half the reason reaction channels even exist as they do now.
My family had just moved to New Jersey from Ohio when the real attempted bank robbery took place in 1972, and I remember seeing it live on the local news. It was crazy.
This is one of my Top 5 all-time best films. Pacino was fantastic. The style in which this movie was shot was amazing (cinematography by Victor J. Kemper, who just recently passed away). The editing was perfect. Pacino and Cazale are pure magic on the screen. This film is a true classic and a Masterclass in filmmaking.
Yes, yes, *YES!!!* Very psyched for this. My favorite Pacino performance, nosing out "…and Justice for All" . I trust somebody has already noted that Chris Sarandon (Leon) goes on to play Prince Humperdinck, but I always enjoy mentioning it, so I will.
"The Gong Show" was on TV when I was little. It was fun and chaotic. ☺️ Al Pacino is probably one of the most beloved actors of all-time. Who the greatest actor is is always up for debate but everyone loves Al. He does a lot of these crime based roles like in SCARFACE, HEAT, CARLITO'S WAY, etc. But my favorite performance of his is as Big Boy Caprice in DICK TRACY. If you felt like watching it, that would be a change of pace. 🙏🏼
Cassie, I just learned that yesterday, the day before you posted this reaction, that the cinematographer of this film, Victor J. Kemper, A.S.C., who did many other fine films up until the 1990s, died at age 96.
Apparently in NY the news covered the event all day here in LA the one thing I remember is sonny yelling Attica and crowd chanting the same. Attica was a prison riot which took place 13 Sept. 71 and the dog day events was aug.72. In the Attica riots 39 people lost their lives.
thank you I've been saying this for like a month why isn't anybody requesting scarface lol I mean I know it bombed in the 83 box office but overtime the film became a classic
This is one of my fav films with Al Pacino, cause after Scarface where he got popular he was mostly typecast as a gangster much like De Niro. It's cool seeing him in roles where he's a lot more versatile
Al Pacino, John Cazale, and Chris Sarandon all gave magnificent performances here. I actually found Chris Sarandon's performance quite touching, which is impressive given the brief amount of screen time he even has.
Al Pacino was a tour de force in the 70s. The Godfathers, Serpico was a masterpiece of acting. And Justice For All and Panic in Needle Park was brilliant. A brilliant movie rarely talked about from Al is the movie Scarecrow with Gene Hackman.
Agreed! Scarecrow is one of my favorite flicks with two stellar performances by Al and Gene and often gets overlooked. A favorite scene of mine is when Al is supposed to create a distraction, so he starts running up and down the aisles of the store.
Leon was played by Chris Sarandon who would later play Prince Humperdinck in "The Princess Bride". Jenny, the young teller, was played by Carol Kane who would later play Valerie, Miracle Max's wife, in "The Princess Bride".
I was about to make the same comment. This entire movie reminded me of my NYC childhood so much. It's so good that half of the dialogue feels like improv.. LOL
@@user-dz6fy6qv2lit was somewhat improv. Lumet was well known for having 2 or 3 weeks of rehearsals and during the process one of the actor idk which asked him that since he told them to put as much of themselves in the characters, what about words can they improvise? He at first wasn’t sure about it he’s not really a great believer in improvisation but then he saw the results and liked it and said fuck it let’s do it so he, Martin bregman (the producer) and Frank Pierson (the screenwriter) worked together and made a new version of the script with the improv. He also allowed dialogue goofs to make it feel more authentic as you can notice in Charles durning’s yelling scenes with Pacino
So happy to see more 70's dramas starting to make their way onto the channel. More 70's Dramas I'd suggest are: Network, The Deer Hunter, All The President's Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Saturday Night Fever. Love the reactions! 🙂
@@RedlandsRedhead927 Agree. Saw that for the first time in 2006 when I was 20 and it still felt very fresh and very applicable. Now it just feels prophetic.
I remember my mom had me watch this flick when I was a little kid, she was way into renting and showing me movies once I was old enough, and I couldn't have asked for a better childhood with a nonstop avenue to enjoy classics like Dog Day Afternoon and video store rental trips a staple part of my week at least once or twice. I watched this by myself on a rented VHS from a mom and pop shop and remember how absolutely engrossed and enveloped I was with this film from beginning to end. Great memories and I'm elated that you finally winged your way to react to this one!
Pacino once said "I've had many great acting teachers in my life. I learned more about the craft of acting from John Cazale than anyone else." RIP, John.
*This is for new viewers of this great film.* Sonny said that Sal didn't care and would shoot anyone, he was a combat veteran. The Feds kind of made a deal with Sonny when they said they would take care of Sal. Notice how Sonny didn't tell Sal what he and the FBI man were talking about. So I guess Sonny wanted to survive and knew Sal would start shooting if things went badly. Maybe near the end, when they're at the airport, Sonny had forgotten about it all because he seemed to believe they were going to make it. The cop who shot Sal would later be killed when a terminator wiped out his the entire police station. Played by a young Lance Henriksen (Bishop in 'Aliens').
This movie won an Oscar for the screenplay. It is based on a real event. Apparently the real bank robber watched The Godfather to get ideas for the robbery. Al Pacino almost didn't take the role because he was just getting done with The Godfather Part 2 and was emotionally exhausted! The movie also refers to a recent prison uprising at Attica Prison, New York, in 1971. One of the leaders, Elliott Barkley, explained to the public (on the news) what they were facing.... oppressive behaviors by the guards, horrific living conditions and other things. People who heard about it were in disbelief of the conditions, even for a prison. Once the prison was reclaimed by the guards, Elliott was murdered by the guards. When the movie invokes Attica, it was fresh in the memories of the people (in the movie and in real life). This is also why, in the movie, the people were very quick to like and be on the side of Sonny. (I was going to say Sonny's side, but that sounded too funny...)
This time is what defined Al Pacino as my favourite actor of all time. Every scene the man is in, in any movie, he owns. You should check out "...And Justice For All" for your next Pacino review!
Cassie, Attica! Attica! was referring to the infamous and deadliest riots ever because of living conditions and inhuman prisoner treatment. 5 days of brutality when the prisoners took over. Almost 40 people were shot and killed. I was 10 years old and remember being glued to the TV when Live Reports or News was on. My little brain could not understand why they were treated like animals just because they committed crimes. They were there to serve their time. That's all I knew. It was a rough decade for World Events. Apollo 13, Kent State, Energy Crisis, Watergate, Saigon, Cambodia, Jonestown, Three Mile Island, Iran Hostage Crisis, . . . The Munich tragedy still hits me today. When Jim McKay said, "They're all gone." I think I cried for weeks. That's when I found that yeah Evil Exists. There are real monsters who roam the Earth. But we also got Star Wars, Jaws, The Exorcist, The Sting, Saturday Night Live, Charlie's Angels, Dirty Harry, Apple, the first test tube baby, Disco, Punk Rock. . . .
In a scene that was edited from this, when Sonny asks Sal what country he wanted to go to and Sal says "Wyoming", that was ad libbed by John Cazale. The director, Sidney Lumet, laughed so hard that it could be heard on the soundtrack so they had to reshoot the scene.
The actor who played Leon, Chris Sarandon, was nominated for an Oscar, as was Pacino (it was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture, and won for Best Original Screenplay). About 10 years after this came out Sarandon played Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride.
It was way more than just a prison riot. Prisoners revolted to seek better living conditions and political rights, claiming that they were treated as beasts. They were. Severe overcrowding, horrible garbage food and brutal beatings by guards were commonplace. They had previously sought redress and were always rebuffed as not mattering and not worth spending time or money on. The government murdered 30 inmates as the most efficacious way of ending the siege, governor Rockefeller would not even speak to the prisoners during the siege to try to avert the massacre. Then he had the gall to blame them for all the deaths! Afterwards there were many suits filed and an extensive investigation. This thankfully lead to many reforms not just in Attica but in all US prisons. Just the word Attica is used as a one word indictment of how brutally and unfairly the government has treated its citizens. I'm not a prisoner nor do I have any friends or family in prison so this is not a biased opinion but facts.
@@Shah-of-the-Shinebox Yes, absolutely. Written by James Goldman, based on his play. Cassie loved William Goldman's screenplays for "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" and "The Princess Bride" and I bet she will love big brother Jimmy's story, too.
Some clarification on the events of the film which the real life John Wojtowicz described as "only 30% true". His ex-wife had actually left him two years before the robbery. Both her and John took great issue with how she was portrayed in the film. The film also was able to made at all because John sold his rights to the story for $7,500 (as well as 1% of the films gross) which he then gave to Elizabeth Eden so she could receive her gender affirming surgery. Elizabeth later remarried while John was released from prison only to be sent back twice for parole violations. Elizabeth visited him once a month. in 1987 Elizabeth died from AIDS related pneumonia. John attended her funeral and delivered the eulogy.
Leon was Chris Sarandon ("Lipstick", "Fright Night:, "The Princess Bride", "Child's Play"). Moretti was Charles Durning ("The Muppet Movie", "Tootsie", "The Hudsucker Proxy"). The FBI guy was James Broderick, whose son is Matthew Broderick.
I never knew what Dog Days meant exactly. There was that Florence and the Machine song ten years go or so called Dog Days are Over. Does it just mean a really hot day or something?
Excellent & underrated film. The 1st movie I ever saw on HBO, in 1977. HBO was a 1 channel, that cost $10 p/m. A friend just got it, invited us over to see what cable TV was about. John C was an excellent actor. Oddly in the film he says he doesn't want cancer, which it's what took his life. But the 5 films he made are all Oscar films.
Love that you're watching these old amazing movies. The first time I saw this movie ( I was about 9) that ending blew my mind (no pun intended, maybe a little 😎😎). It got a few Oscar nominations (best picture, lead actor, director, and supporting actor) and won one for the screenplay.
Hey Cassie! When you said Al Pacino was a good actor, you didn't realize that you had experienced an example of the actors era. This was the 70's. You had Pacino, DeNiro, Hoffman, Nicholson, Beatty, Kietel, Hopper. It was the era of the Director. Coppola, Scorcese, and the man who directed this movie. Sidney Lumet. Many actors will raise their performances because of the work they did with Lumet. You may not know it but you witnessed another example of brilliant acting when you reacted to TWELVE ANGRY MEN. From what I've seen, you've had one or 2 others up for consideration. The Verdict with Paul Newman is another one. My personal favorite film of Lumet's is Night Falls On Manhattan which is a pick from numerous masterpieces of Lumet's like Fail Safe, The Pawnbroker, Serpico, Network and Q&A. One that would be right up your tear ducts would be Garbo Talks. It's an excellent movie about a man's love for his mother. It's done with humor and heart!! GARBO TALKS!!!.
You can tell the studio system changed in the 70's. I don't know if the producers got together and officially decided to a more hands off approach, but they really seemed to let directors be artists.
Man, Serpico. Epic. Truly one of a kind movie. I do love 70s flicks. The grit, grime.....they did a good job of portraying the decade in the series, The Deuce.
Finally another movie of besides " Scarface " & " The Godfather '. You should also check out : And Justice For All - Sea Of Love - Serpico - Cruising - Dick Tracy. All with Al Pacino
I haven't watched this movie in about 15 years. When I told one of my teachers about the plot and the real reason Pacino's character was robbing the bank, he looked a bit shocked. I think he asked, "This is an Al Pacino movie?" lol
Another great example of an interesting niche film that isn't Marvel gruel. This one is like a stage play: one location, the focus is on the characters and powerful, human performances. Commentary on the Attica prison riots (where the police killed upwards of 40 prisoners and hostages) and the Viet Nam war lurching America toward becoming a police state, informs the dynamic of one unprepared figure against the entire police apparatus, where the people in the street are more on his side.
John Cazale was only in 6 movies. 5 of them were nominated for best picture. Godfather 1 & 2, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon and Deer Hunter. Robert DeNiro had to pay for the insurance for Cazale to be in the film because he was already dying and sick many days.
This film is one of my all-the favorites and from my favorite era of filmmaking, the New Hollywood era (1967-1981 or so). You’ve seen some films from this era I believe (THE GODFATHER I & II, JAWS, ALIEN, ROCKY, THE STING, BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID, etc). It was an era of gritty stories, moral ambiguity, and not always happy endings. It was also an era of some of the greatest American films ever made. I don’t know if it is an era you’ll dig (I like dark stuff, but you seem to enjoy more romantic & redemptive stories), but I think you might find many of the films interesting, at the very least.
One of the truly great films of the 70s. Did you get why Sonny was shouting "Attica" outside the bank at the Police? Also, did you notice that except for the opening credits, there is no music at all in the movie 😎
Cassie, you should see the movie "Wisdom" from 1986. Its a romance crime movie. Its one of my favorites that many overlook or never heard of. You'll like it.
Al Pacino is one of the best. Another really good true story with him is called SERPICO. It shows he had a special talent for acting even at a younger age.
You know, even though Jack Nicholson won his Oscar that year for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, I wouldn’t have mine much if Al Pacino won for his role here in this.
Another good one!! Al Pacino was great, as he always is. Another good Al Pacino movie to watch is "And Justice For All" as well as "Heat" . As always, it's been a pleasure watching with you. ♥
Al Pacino delivers a thunderous performance! His intensity reminds me a lot of Marlon Brando's performance in On the Waterfront (1954) which won 8 Oscars, including best actor and best picture.
Lumet's 1962 movie "Long Day's Journey Into Night" is the best adaptation of Eugene O'Neill on film and features a great performance by Katherine Hepburn.
Omg!! I cannot tell you how excited I was to see you react to this!!!! Al Pacino BEST performance and no one ever reacts to it!! BRAVO CASSIE!!! ❤❤❤❤. FYI… the FBI agent who takes control ? That’s Matthew Brodericks father…
Chaos at it's finest lol. My favorite Pacino movie and then Serpico. God bless the 70's. Pacino acts with such passion. This movie personifies the 70's in New York City
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John Cazale who played Sal only appeared in 5 movies in his brief career. The Godfather,The Godfather Part II,The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon,and The Deer Hunter. All masterpieces
Right he was in The Deer Hunter and he was very good.
He finished the Deer Hunter despite being told his lung cancer had moved to his bones.
And all five of the movies John appeared in received Oscar nominations for Best Picture.
(Technically 6, as archived footage of John Cazale was used for "Godfather III", which also received a Best Picture nomination.)
All Academy Best Picture nominees.
And the only time John didn't play an idiot was the conversation
The word he shouted and people cheered: "Attica", was referring to the (then recent) Attica prison riot. Many people, especially the young, at the time were sympathetic to the demands of the prisoners (who they saw as murdered by the state). So it was a popular anti-police slogan
I mean
It didn’t help that they opened fire into a smoky area that had inmates and hostages
They killed more of the hostages than the inmate rioters did
That was all a misunderstanding, they were shouting "Adequate, Adequate! "
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And John Lennon did a song, "Attica State" - "Attica State, Attica State, We're all mates of Attica State" - OK not his most scintillating lyrics, but just to point out how prevalent the name was in the collective conscious of the generation at the time.
Another tidbit I learned from a Pacino Q&A last year: the film's assistant director was waiting inside with Al to cue him when he's supposed to go outside. Right before the cue came, the AD told Al to yell "Attica" to the crowd. Pacino, whose head was totally on the scene on not on the news, couldn't think of why, but decided to go with it anyway. So he goes out there and starts yelling "Attica! Attica!" and the crowd ERUPTS in response--this was a very hot button topic in New York especially--joining him in the chant, and one of the seminal movie moments of the 1970s was born.
And when Charlie Kelly did it, it's just cuz he wants to be Al Pacino....
Pacino and Cazale were longtime best friends. John Cazale passed from cancer way too soon. His girlfriend was a rather talented little actress you might have heard of. Her name is Meryl Streep. She took a break in her career and took care of him until his death.
Thanks. I did not know this.
I had no idea they were a couple. Were they together since The Deer Hunter ?
@@stevenjones916 They were a couple for quite a while. And they did a very famous production of "Measure for Measure" together for Shakespeare in the Park. Actually, John Cazale died shortly after making "The Deer Hunter." There's a documentary about John called "I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale."
@@stevenjones916 They met in 1976 they were cast together in the play “Measure for Measure” in the New York Shakespeare Festival.
He was diagnosed with lung cancer the next year. She got cast in “The Deer Hunter” in a role she really disliked to be close to him. They had planned to marry as soon as those next big roles came along. Pacino was such a great friend, too, and also helped with his care as much as he could. He said John and Meryl were so happy together. He thought they could do anything. Pacino said, “I’ve hardly ever seen someone so devoted to a person who was falling away like John was. To see her in this act of love for this man was overwhelming.” Pacino said of John Cazale, “He was my acting partner, but he was also like my older brother. He had a great sense of reality, if that means anything. John was here. He occupied a space. He was grounded. All I wanted was to act next to him for the rest of my life.”
@@stevenjones916they'd been a couple since 1976. They met when they were cast in a play.
Attica was improvised. Al Pacino has said an assistant director whispered in his ear just before going out the door, "Say Attica." He tried it, got a reaction, and kept going with it. I heard somewhere the extras in that scene were just people who showed up to watch the filming and that was their natural reaction. Not sure if thats true.
You are indeed correct.
Pacino is one of the greatest.
"What team am I on?" Is exactly why this was nominated for best picture. Just like all 5 of Cazale's films. His character saying he didn't want to get the cancer is kinda haunting when it took him (way too soon) just a couple of years later.
We missed out on so many great performances because of it.
This was Al Pacino at the very height of his success in the 1970s. The Godfather, Serpico, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and ...And Justice for All made him one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation.
scarface is pacino's best film foh
I say one of the greatest actors of all time. I would see him often because he lived in my suburban NY county for decades. Always a nice guy and treated like the rest of the local Hollywood stars. They liked it because nobody pestered them and they could blend in.
@@coreyortiz9913 Yeah, but that's an 80s film. Pacino was already a legend by the time he did Scarface.
@@MrGlenspace Wow, that's cool! Thanks for sharing that info!
he was at the very height of his hotness too
I can really Appreciate your reactions. Most people will cut a movie so much that it's hard to really appreciate their reaction. I saw this movie in the '70s when it came out. I felt like I watched the whole movie again. Great job.
Ya the editing on this channel is top notch and a major reason for success, I think.
"You know it's intriguing when I forget about my drink."
A great way of describing one of American cinema's great films.
When Sonny was first leading on the crowd he was shouting, "ATTICA! ATTICA!" and began winning the crowd over. Attica a NY State prison where a year earlier there was a riot in which the inmates briefly took over the prison before the police went in and killed many of them. People were outraged at the killings and Attica became a rallying cry for people protesting police violence. It was common for NY Gov Nelson Rockefeller to be greater with that chant when he appeared in public because he gave the order for the police to go in. It was a crazy time in NY with people very angry at the police and government and that's why the crowd was on Sonny's side.
The fact that the director, Sidney Lumet, followed this up the following year with Network is pretty astounding. Especially considering that he made this 15 years after 12 Angry Men. Three movies with a pretty searing glimpse into the human condition.
Sidney Lumet was a popular director to hire because of his talent. He was the director to hire for Network because they knew he could do Paddy's script justice.
Lumet was the Elia Kazan of the 70s! No better actors director working than Lumet and pulled off a masterpiece here..
He kept making good movies up until just a few years before his death, too. His last movie was Before The Devil Knows You're Dead, made in 2007 with Ethan Hawke and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. It's an incredibly tense and well-made thriller.
He also made the most underrated movie of the 80s.
Prince of the City.
He also made serpico with Pacino too. Great director.
This was directed by Sidney Lumet, who directed 12 Angry Men, so he was experienced in making films set in one location.
Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 and/or Inside Man would make for an excellent double/triple feature with Dog Day. They're both great heist movies combined with social commentary of the time and stellar stars and directors.
The original Pelham 123. The remake was too overblown.
The Golden Age of Al Pacino!
I love the opening montage.
Directed by Sidney Lumet, who also directed 12 Angry Men.
One thing they did not embellish is how crazy NYC was in the 70's. I live a short train ride from NYC and was there for various reasons during this time period and it was wild.
Charles Durning deserves some appreciation. An excellent performance - what a good actor, with great range.
I saw Durning once on Broadway, it was a revival production of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man," together with Chris Noth (Law & Order, Sex and the City) and the writer/actor Spalding Gray. Robust performances from all. Man, those were the days!
I thought for a second Cassie might recognize him from The Sting, but it wasn't to be.
He's also Hudsucker in The Hudsucker Proxy. That would be a great week-of-New Year's-Eve film for Cassie and Carly.
Yep.
One of my favorite Charles Durning roles was as the Governor in 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas""
"Who's team am I on??" - Exactly the point of the movie.
I believe Al Pacino’s performance in this film was ranked as the second or third greatest acting performance in movie history, behind Peter O’Toole in Lawrence of Arabia. The stress Pacino displayed on screen was so palpable.
I'm hoping that there is, somewhere, a beloved family farm-pet called Alpaca Chino.
Yet that year he lost the Oscar to Jack Nicholson for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest" What a year. 👍👍
@@Reclining_Spuds It’s pretty wild. Some consider Peter O’Toole‘s performance in Lawrence of Arabia, to be the best performance in movie history, but he lost the Oscar to Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird.
A standout film for both Sidney Lumet and Al Pacino. As Roger Ebert described, it has an “irreverent, quirky sense of humor” and Gene Siskel, likewise, praised the “scenes mixing the fear of violence with insane laughter”. It’s a shame neither Sidney nor Al won Oscars for this, though this was up against One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which was tough competition. A greater shame was the lack of an Oscar nomination for the late great John Cazale, though he did earn a Golden Globe nomination for this.
Another great Lumet-Pacino collaboration is “Serpico,” another fact-based film. Lumet made a career of examining the American justice system, from “12 Angry Men” to “The Verdict” and“Find Me Guilty.”
Why quote critics, they are useless and just parasites.
I just want to say that watching someone who was pretty exclusively into the chick-flick genre now watching 70's classics like, 'Dog Day Afternoon' with insightful commentary, has been an evolution that has been a pure pleasure to witness over the years. Thank you! This channels has been a blast to keep up with!
You know it's intriguing when I forget about my drink!🤣 God, I love this woman.
My mom was in that bank (a Chase Manhattan on Ave P & East 4th Street, Midwood section of Brooklyn) just the day before. I can tell you that the interior of that bank is replicated flawlessly in this movie. It looked exactly like it. Dog Day Afternoon is the best representation of what 70''s/80's Brooklyn culture was like. The people and attitudes depicted are spot-on.
It's so nice to have people my age on here to know what "Attica" ment
John Cazale was Pacino's good friend and mentor. He was also engaged to Meryl Streep. Also, the "FBI guy" is James Broderick, Matthew Broderick's father.
I think she's referring to Charles Durning, probably recognized him from reacting to The Sting.
The best thing about Al Pacino is, when your watching him , you forget he's an actor playing a role! You really think your watching a real person ! He is amazing!!!
Exactly - what a tremendous and talented actor he is.
"Dog Day Afternoon" received 6 Oscar nominations, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Film Editing. For another Al Pacino "based on a true person and story" movie, check out the 1973 police film, with Pacino again Oscar nominated, titled "Serpico".
Pretty sure it won the Oscar for Screenplay, but "original" I don't know since it was based on a famous Life magazine article about the crime & the robber, John Wojtowicz.
Man, Pacino was just amazing in this era.
The director, Sidney Lumet, made many wonderful films, but one that flies under the radar is his last, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke and Marisa Tomei among others - which Lumet directed at the ripe age of 83. It's really great.
Do people overlook that one? It's a terrific movie and Hoffman is incredible.
That movie was so viscerally potent we had to take a movie shower to shake it-ran from the theater straight into whatever Disney movie was playing next. Cannot remember the Disney flick. Cannot forget Before the Devil…
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again! You’re the best at this reaction game and it’s even better with Carly! I hope you both know how much good , clean entertainment you provide! 🙂
This happened on Ave. P and East 3rd in Gravesend Brooklyn.
I grew up 10 blocks away my pals were in that crowd cheering him on.
They just recently tore down the original building this took place in.
Would imagine Brooklyn has changed a ton since this came out.
Dog Day Afternoon was the first Al Pacino movie that I saw and it made me love Al Pacino's acting ability. Then I remember watching The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Serpico, And Justice For All..., Scarface and all his great movies in the 90's and it cemented him as my favorite actor. I love the 70's and 90's decades of movies.
I remember seeing this in the theater on a date and just being blown away. I remember the deep emotions of it more than the specific plot points. I love Pacino!
Two other films from the same year that you would enjoy are Sean Connery starring in "The Wind And The Lion" and also starring in Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King".
The man who would be king is excellent
Mrs Pedicaris, you are a lot of trouble
Zardoz? Maybe not.
One of my favorite Pacino films. It doesn't have much action or even that much dialog but the acting is spectacular by the entire cast and the director just keeps increasing the tension throughout the entire movie.
This is a great movie! Everyone already mentioned all the important details but - A young Carol Kane was one of the hostages, she was in "The Princess Bride" as Billy Crystal's (Miracle Max) wife and Andy Kaufman's love interest in "Taxi", a popular TV show in the '80's. Also, the cop at the beginning (Charles Durning) played the corrupt cop in "The Sting" a couple years before this movie.
the term "masterpiece" is bandied about far too often, but this movie IS a masterpiece......... Al Pacino shows how acting should be done, the direction, the photography and the script. are superb, and from start to finish it grips you and doesnt let go........yes, it's not an easy movie to watch, but that's because it's so REAL.......brilliant movie and well done for reacting to it........
This is the kind of film you get when you strip away all the corporate b.s. and let film makers make films. Pacino is completely brilliant in this role. The energy and camera movement are epic. Kudos to you for checking this out. Only a few other You Tubers have had the nerve. It ISN'T an easy watch but it is film making gold. Well done, buddy.
"Only a few other You Tubers have had the nerve"
Come on, man. People react to far more horrific stuff than this all the time. That's like half the reason reaction channels even exist as they do now.
1000% agree! ❤
And back when you had directors like Sidney Lumet who understood acting.
My family had just moved to New Jersey from Ohio when the real attempted bank robbery took place in 1972, and I remember seeing it live on the local news. It was crazy.
Al Pacino is one of our all time greatest actors, no doubt. Serpico is also a very good Pacino film.
He is, no question. I'd say he's my favorite actor of all time, just incredible talent.
This is one of my Top 5 all-time best films. Pacino was fantastic. The style in which this movie was shot was amazing (cinematography by Victor J. Kemper, who just recently passed away). The editing was perfect. Pacino and Cazale are pure magic on the screen. This film is a true classic and a Masterclass in filmmaking.
Yes, yes, *YES!!!* Very psyched for this. My favorite Pacino performance, nosing out "…and Justice for All" .
I trust somebody has already noted that Chris Sarandon (Leon) goes on to play Prince Humperdinck, but I always enjoy mentioning it, so I will.
Booo Booo Boooo!!! 😉
"The Gong Show" was on TV when I was little. It was fun and chaotic. ☺️
Al Pacino is probably one of the most beloved actors of all-time. Who the greatest actor is is always up for debate but everyone loves Al. He does a lot of these crime based roles like in SCARFACE, HEAT, CARLITO'S WAY, etc. But my favorite performance of his is as Big Boy Caprice in DICK TRACY. If you felt like watching it, that would be a change of pace. 🙏🏼
Meryl Streep and John Cazale: The actress' first love was John Cazale. They starred together until his untimely death from cancer at 42. Peace out.
Always a happy day when Cassie reacts to the classics, i thank you.
Cassie, I just learned that yesterday, the day before you posted this reaction, that the cinematographer of this film, Victor J. Kemper, A.S.C., who did many other fine films up until the 1990s, died at age 96.
This is a sensational movie. Everybody from Lumet to Pacino and Chris Sarandon to the bank tellers were magnificent.
Apparently in NY the news covered the event all day here in LA the one thing I remember is sonny yelling Attica and crowd chanting the same. Attica was a prison riot which took place 13 Sept. 71 and the dog day events was aug.72. In the Attica riots 39 people lost their lives.
Al Pacino in *SCARFACE* (1983) and Robert De Niro in *TAXI DRIVER* (1975). Cassie's head is going to explode when she watches these two films !! 😂
thank you I've been saying this for like a month why isn't anybody requesting scarface lol I mean I know it bombed in the 83 box office but overtime the film became a classic
"oh my gosh!"
@@coreyortiz9913 Cheese gets better with age....
This is one of my fav films with Al Pacino, cause after Scarface where he got popular he was mostly typecast as a gangster much like De Niro. It's cool seeing him in roles where he's a lot more versatile
Al Pacino, John Cazale, and Chris Sarandon all gave magnificent performances here. I actually found Chris Sarandon's performance quite touching, which is impressive given the brief amount of screen time he even has.
Al Pacino was a tour de force in the 70s. The Godfathers, Serpico was a masterpiece of acting. And Justice For All and Panic in Needle Park was brilliant. A brilliant movie rarely talked about from Al is the movie Scarecrow with Gene Hackman.
Agreed! Scarecrow is one of my favorite flicks with two stellar performances by Al and Gene and often gets overlooked. A favorite scene of mine is when Al is supposed to create a distraction, so he starts running up and down the aisles of the store.
Leon was played by Chris Sarandon who would later play Prince Humperdinck in "The Princess Bride".
Jenny, the young teller, was played by Carol Kane who would later play Valerie, Miracle Max's wife, in "The Princess Bride".
DDA is probably the most New York movie ever, more New York than anything Martin Scorsese or Woody Allen made. Al Pacino is, as usual, amazing.
It's very Brooklyn, that's for sure.
Also the original Taking of Pelham 123
@7thwheel for sure. That one is great, the remake was crap.
I was about to make the same comment. This entire movie reminded me of my NYC childhood so much. It's so good that half of the dialogue feels like improv.. LOL
@@user-dz6fy6qv2lit was somewhat improv. Lumet was well known for having 2 or 3 weeks of rehearsals and during the process one of the actor idk which asked him that since he told them to put as much of themselves in the characters, what about words can they improvise? He at first wasn’t sure about it he’s not really a great believer in improvisation but then he saw the results and liked it and said fuck it let’s do it so he, Martin bregman (the producer) and Frank Pierson (the screenwriter) worked together and made a new version of the script with the improv. He also allowed dialogue goofs to make it feel more authentic as you can notice in Charles durning’s yelling scenes with Pacino
Based on a true story with details far more interesting than the movie reveals.
So happy to see more 70's dramas starting to make their way onto the channel. More 70's Dramas I'd suggest are: Network, The Deer Hunter, All The President's Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Saturday Night Fever. Love the reactions! 🙂
All are special movies. Network and Cuckoo are two of my all time favorites.
All great choices. Others: The French Connection, The Conversation, The Parallax View, The Seven Ups, Sorcerer, Three Days of the Condor.
Network is a good one for someone who wasn't around when it came out. It was ahead of its time and forecasted what was to come in television.
@@RedlandsRedhead927 Agree. Saw that for the first time in 2006 when I was 20 and it still felt very fresh and very applicable. Now it just feels prophetic.
3 of those star the Late Great Roy Scheider. @@jamesharper3933
I remember my mom had me watch this flick when I was a little kid, she was way into renting and showing me movies once I was old enough, and I couldn't have asked for a better childhood with a nonstop avenue to enjoy classics like Dog Day Afternoon and video store rental trips a staple part of my week at least once or twice. I watched this by myself on a rented VHS from a mom and pop shop and remember how absolutely engrossed and enveloped I was with this film from beginning to end. Great memories and I'm elated that you finally winged your way to react to this one!
Used to love going to the video store. Favorite part of the week. It's kind of crazy to think of how much we spent on rentals and late fees, though.
Pacino once said "I've had many great acting teachers in my life. I learned more about the craft of acting from John Cazale than anyone else." RIP, John.
One of the best and most hilarious comedies of the seventies
*This is for new viewers of this great film.*
Sonny said that Sal didn't care and would shoot anyone, he was a combat veteran.
The Feds kind of made a deal with Sonny when they said they would take care of Sal.
Notice how Sonny didn't tell Sal what he and the FBI man were talking about. So I guess Sonny wanted to survive and knew Sal would start shooting if things went badly.
Maybe near the end, when they're at the airport, Sonny had forgotten about it all because he seemed to believe they were going to make it.
The cop who shot Sal would later be killed when a terminator wiped out his the entire police station. Played by a young Lance Henriksen (Bishop in 'Aliens').
Good one 😂
I didn't notice until now. 😱
This movie won an Oscar for the screenplay. It is based on a real event. Apparently the real bank robber watched The Godfather to get ideas for the robbery. Al Pacino almost didn't take the role because he was just getting done with The Godfather Part 2 and was emotionally exhausted! The movie also refers to a recent prison uprising at Attica Prison, New York, in 1971. One of the leaders, Elliott Barkley, explained to the public (on the news) what they were facing.... oppressive behaviors by the guards, horrific living conditions and other things. People who heard about it were in disbelief of the conditions, even for a prison. Once the prison was reclaimed by the guards, Elliott was murdered by the guards. When the movie invokes Attica, it was fresh in the memories of the people (in the movie and in real life). This is also why, in the movie, the people were very quick to like and be on the side of Sonny. (I was going to say Sonny's side, but that sounded too funny...)
This time is what defined Al Pacino as my favourite actor of all time. Every scene the man is in, in any movie, he owns.
You should check out "...And Justice For All" for your next Pacino review!
The actor who plays " LEON " was in " The Princess Bride ".
Cassie, Attica! Attica! was referring to the infamous and deadliest riots ever because of living conditions and inhuman prisoner treatment. 5 days of brutality when the prisoners took over. Almost 40 people were shot and killed. I was 10 years old and remember being glued to the TV when Live Reports or News was on. My little brain could not understand why they were treated like animals just because they committed crimes. They were there to serve their time. That's all I knew. It was a rough decade for World Events. Apollo 13, Kent State, Energy Crisis, Watergate, Saigon, Cambodia, Jonestown, Three Mile Island, Iran Hostage Crisis, . . . The Munich tragedy still hits me today. When Jim McKay said, "They're all gone." I think I cried for weeks. That's when I found that yeah Evil Exists. There are real monsters who roam the Earth. But we also got Star Wars, Jaws, The Exorcist, The Sting, Saturday Night Live, Charlie's Angels, Dirty Harry, Apple, the first test tube baby, Disco, Punk Rock. . . .
In a scene that was edited from this, when Sonny asks Sal what country he wanted to go to and Sal says "Wyoming", that was ad libbed by John Cazale. The director, Sidney Lumet, laughed so hard that it could be heard on the soundtrack so they had to reshoot the scene.
Congratulations on picking another super-duper thrill ride of a movie! It's astonishing all the way through! Don't be afraid of the English.
The actor who played Leon, Chris Sarandon, was nominated for an Oscar, as was Pacino (it was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture, and won for Best Original Screenplay). About 10 years after this came out Sarandon played Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride.
I grew up in the seventies, I absolutely know what the Gong Show is. Very funny
Al Pacino stars in a criminally underrated thriller called "Sea of Love," with John Goodman and Ellen Barkin. Worth a look.
Attica was a NY prison riot. Where the prisoners took over the prison and took hostages.
It was way more than just a prison riot. Prisoners revolted to seek better living conditions and political rights, claiming that they were treated as beasts. They were. Severe overcrowding, horrible garbage food and brutal beatings by guards were commonplace.
They had previously sought redress and were always rebuffed as not mattering and not worth spending time or money on. The government murdered 30 inmates as the most efficacious way of ending the siege, governor Rockefeller would not even speak to the prisoners during the siege to try to avert the massacre. Then he had the gall to blame them for all the deaths! Afterwards there were many suits filed and an extensive investigation. This thankfully lead to many reforms not just in Attica but in all US prisons. Just the word Attica is used as a one word indictment of how brutally and unfairly the government has treated its citizens. I'm not a prisoner nor do I have any friends or family in prison so this is not a biased opinion but facts.
@@elessartelcontar9415 thank you, that is the appropriate backstory for the movie. It really helps explain New York in the early 1970s.
For Christmas, please try The Lion In Winter with Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn. Great film and goes back to a Christmas long ago.
Great Christmas movie
@@Shah-of-the-Shinebox Yes, absolutely. Written by James Goldman, based on his play. Cassie loved William Goldman's screenplays for "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" and "The Princess Bride" and I bet she will love big brother Jimmy's story, too.
Some clarification on the events of the film which the real life John Wojtowicz described as "only 30% true".
His ex-wife had actually left him two years before the robbery. Both her and John took great issue with how she was portrayed in the film.
The film also was able to made at all because John sold his rights to the story for $7,500 (as well as 1% of the films gross) which he then gave to Elizabeth Eden so she could receive her gender affirming surgery. Elizabeth later remarried while John was released from prison only to be sent back twice for parole violations. Elizabeth visited him once a month.
in 1987 Elizabeth died from AIDS related pneumonia. John attended her funeral and delivered the eulogy.
And now you can understand the line John Travolta says in Saturday Night Fever, "Attica, Attica, Attica"
Leon was Chris Sarandon
("Lipstick", "Fright Night:,
"The Princess Bride", "Child's Play").
Moretti was Charles Durning
("The Muppet Movie", "Tootsie",
"The Hudsucker Proxy").
The FBI guy was James Broderick,
whose son is Matthew Broderick.
The Gong Show was an American amateur talent TV show that began in 1976, the year after this film was released.
Holy cow, Leon was Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride! Wow, great job!
Chris Sarandon always make me think of Fright Night.
I aways thought it was Strange She Kept his name. But I guess when you get famous with it, you're stuck with it.@@Dave-hb7lx
When Leon faints ... LOL
This was top-tier comedy. Watched it with a room full of people in 35mm, laughed it all the way through
I always watch this movie during the dog days of summer--it's tradition! And I have pizza delivered, just like in the movie. :)
Good idea, I think I'll do that as well. As a second feature I'll watch Seven Year Itch for some light comedy.
I never knew what Dog Days meant exactly. There was that Florence and the Machine song ten years go or so called Dog Days are Over. Does it just mean a really hot day or something?
Yes, the sweltering afternoon heat--in my opinion the best time to watch this movie and eat Brooklyn Style pizza. :)@@ct6852
Excellent & underrated film. The 1st movie I ever saw on HBO, in 1977. HBO was a 1 channel, that cost $10 p/m. A friend just got it, invited us over to see what cable TV was about. John C was an excellent actor. Oddly in the film he says he doesn't want cancer, which it's what took his life. But the 5 films he made are all Oscar films.
Love that you're watching these old amazing movies.
The first time I saw this movie ( I was about 9) that ending blew my mind (no pun intended, maybe a little 😎😎).
It got a few Oscar nominations (best picture, lead actor, director, and supporting actor) and won one for the screenplay.
Hey Cassie! When you said Al Pacino was a good actor, you didn't realize that you had experienced an example of the actors era. This was the 70's. You had Pacino, DeNiro, Hoffman, Nicholson, Beatty, Kietel, Hopper. It was the era of the Director. Coppola, Scorcese, and the man who directed this movie. Sidney Lumet. Many actors will raise their performances because of the work they did with Lumet. You may not know it but you witnessed another example of brilliant acting when you reacted to TWELVE ANGRY MEN. From what I've seen, you've had one or 2 others up for consideration. The Verdict with Paul Newman is another one. My personal favorite film of Lumet's is Night Falls On Manhattan which is a pick from numerous masterpieces of Lumet's like Fail Safe, The Pawnbroker, Serpico, Network and Q&A. One that would be right up your tear ducts would be Garbo Talks. It's an excellent movie about a man's love for his mother. It's done with humor and heart!! GARBO TALKS!!!.
Oh, _The Verdict._ Anything with Paul Newman is good. No, scratch that - anything with Paul Newman is at least excellent!
@Doutsoldome, Cool Hand Luke and The Hustler are two personal favorites. Oh, and The Sting. And Butch Cassidy. And....
Do NOT bring up The Pawnbroker. Cassie can not handle that movie.
You can tell the studio system changed in the 70's. I don't know if the producers got together and officially decided to a more hands off approach, but they really seemed to let directors be artists.
Even in the 90's he won an academy award for best actor in "Scent of a Woman". Great movie!!!
Classic movie, great reaction. Extra points for being brave enough to review a non blockbuster. It's one of my favourites that I now need to rewatch.
This channel desperately needs more Al Pacino. Serpico, Godfather part 3, Scarface, Carlitos Way and many more.
Man, Serpico. Epic. Truly one of a kind movie. I do love 70s flicks. The grit, grime.....they did a good job of portraying the decade in the series, The Deuce.
Any Given Sunday & Heat are 2 massively underrated Pacino performances
Wait she hasn't done Godfather part 2 yet?!!!!
Cassie reacted to Godfather II nine months ago!
And Glengarry Glen Ross (though Cassie would not like that one at all). Carlito's Way is a very underappreciated movie.
Finally another movie of besides " Scarface " & " The Godfather '. You should also check out : And Justice For All - Sea Of Love - Serpico - Cruising - Dick Tracy. All with Al Pacino
This is a beautiful movie. No thrills, just pure talent.
I haven't watched this movie in about 15 years. When I told one of my teachers about the plot and the real reason Pacino's character was robbing the bank, he looked a bit shocked. I think he asked, "This is an Al Pacino movie?" lol
Another great example of an interesting niche film that isn't Marvel gruel. This one is like a stage play: one location, the focus is on the characters and powerful, human performances. Commentary on the Attica prison riots (where the police killed upwards of 40 prisoners and hostages) and the Viet Nam war lurching America toward becoming a police state, informs the dynamic of one unprepared figure against the entire police apparatus, where the people in the street are more on his side.
John Cazale was only in 6 movies. 5 of them were nominated for best picture. Godfather 1 & 2, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon and Deer Hunter. Robert DeNiro had to pay for the insurance for Cazale to be in the film because he was already dying and sick many days.
This film is one of my all-the favorites and from my favorite era of filmmaking, the New Hollywood era (1967-1981 or so). You’ve seen some films from this era I believe (THE GODFATHER I & II, JAWS, ALIEN, ROCKY, THE STING, BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID, etc). It was an era of gritty stories, moral ambiguity, and not always happy endings. It was also an era of some of the greatest American films ever made. I don’t know if it is an era you’ll dig (I like dark stuff, but you seem to enjoy more romantic & redemptive stories), but I think you might find many of the films interesting, at the very least.
Attica!!! Pacino at 11. What an intense performance he gives here.
One of the truly great films of the 70s.
Did you get why Sonny was shouting "Attica" outside the bank at the Police?
Also, did you notice that except for the opening credits, there is no music at all in the movie 😎
Another tense Sidney Lumet film with no music is Fail Safe. I highly recommend it.
John Cazale saying he doesn't smoke cause he doesn't want the cancer is heartbreaking
Cassie, you should see the movie "Wisdom" from 1986. Its a romance crime movie. Its one of my favorites that many overlook or never heard of. You'll like it.
Al Pacino is one of the best.
Another really good true story with him is called SERPICO.
It shows he had a special talent for acting even at a younger age.
You know, even though Jack Nicholson won his Oscar that year for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, I wouldn’t have mine much if Al Pacino won for his role here in this.
I have to rewatch this film - long overdue - before I can watch this reaction. One of Al's top 5 performances, easy. Hell of an actor, that guy.
Another good one!! Al Pacino was great, as he always is. Another good Al Pacino movie to watch is "And Justice For All" as well as "Heat" . As always, it's been a pleasure watching with you.
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Al Pacino delivers a thunderous performance! His intensity reminds me a lot of Marlon Brando's performance in On the Waterfront (1954) which won 8 Oscars, including best actor and best picture.
This is a fantastic movie and it's a true story. Director Sidney Lumet has directed some of the best movie out there.
Lumet's 1962 movie "Long Day's Journey Into Night" is the best adaptation of Eugene O'Neill on film and features a great performance by Katherine Hepburn.
Fail Safe should be a classic.
One of the best opening credit sequences.
An absolutely monumental performance by Al. The subject matter is so groundbreaking for the 1970's
Omg!! I cannot tell you how excited I was to see you react to this!!!! Al Pacino BEST performance and no one ever reacts to it!! BRAVO CASSIE!!! ❤❤❤❤. FYI… the FBI agent who takes control ? That’s Matthew Brodericks father…
Chaos at it's finest lol. My favorite Pacino movie and then Serpico. God bless the 70's. Pacino acts with such passion. This movie personifies the 70's in New York City