Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
Dog day afternoon [videorecording] / Warner Bros Pictures ; an Artists Entertainment Complex production ; screenplay by Frank Pierson ; produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand ; directed by Sidney Lumet.
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher, Date:
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]
Description:
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; bonus material not rated.
Subjects:
Bank robberies -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Hostage negotiations -- Drama.
Hostages -- Drama.
Mass media and crime -- Drama.
Gay couples -- Drama.
Sex change -- Drama.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
Genre:
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011.
Bregman, Martin, 1926-
Elfand, Martin.
Pierson, Frank R.
Pacino, Al, 1940-
Cazale, John, 1936-1978.
Broderick, James.
Durning, Charles, 1923-2012.
Sarandon, Chris.
Kemper, Victor J., 1927-
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Artists Entertainment Complex (Firm)
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.
"Widescreen version presented in a 'matte' widescreen format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.
"Dual-layer format"--Container.
Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
Issue number on disc: 33727; issue number on DVD packaging: 3000033344.
Special features: commentary by director Sidney Lumet; theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, Victor J. Kemper ; editor, Dede Allen.
Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon.
DVD.
English or French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay; Academy Award Nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Pacino), Best Supporting Actor (Sarandon), Best Director, and Best Film Editing.
ISBN:
9780780664319
0780664310
Publisher or Distributor Number:
3000033344
Other Number:
668415670
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
2
Control Number:
818888
Call Number:
D
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
1
# System items in:
1
Medium:
[videorecording]