Based on a True Story
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Walter Stokman
John Wojtowicz
Josephine Tutino
Dolores Goettisheim
Sidney Lumet
Frank R. Pierson
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Synopsis
Investigates the real people and events that inspired Sidney Lumet's 1975 bank-heist drama, "Dog Day Afternnon." Aug. 22, 1972, Wojtowicz and accomplice Sal Naturile (John Cazale in "Dog Day") held up a Brooklyn bank so that Wojtowicz could get money for a sex-change operation for his then-lover Ernie, later known as Liz Eden. The robbery swiftly turned into a 14-hour hostage siege that ended with fatal consequences. Initially, the story's key figure, convicted felon John Wojtowicz (played in "Dog Day" by Al Pacino), refuses to be interviewed onscreen because of a fee dispute. After compiling interviews and footage from other sources, the filmmaker tries again to secure an interview with the newly-paroled Wojtowicz, whereupon things take a surreal turn, forcing the filmmaker to become a character within his own drama as he jostles with his subject for control.
Director
Walter Stokman
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States February 2005
Released in United States July 2005
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 10-20, 2005.
Shown at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Documentary Competition) July 7-18, 2005.
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States February 2005 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 10-20, 2005.)
Released in United States July 2005 (Shown at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Documentary Competition) July 7-18, 2005.)
