Dog Day Afternoon [Blu-ray]
by Sidney Lumet
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Actor: Al Pacino, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, John Cazale, Sully BoyarDirector: Sidney Lumet
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Frank Pierson
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2007-04-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 113688
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- From the true story about a Brooklyn bank robbery gone haywire one hot August day comes a gripping, funny Oscar(R) winning movie capturing star Al Pacino and director Sidney Lumet at the top of their game. Academy Award(R) winner: Best Original Screenplay. Year: 1975 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles DurningRunning Time: 124 min. Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre:
Movie Reviews of Dog Day Afternoon [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Great Film. Great BD! Great Story! Great Acting!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, this is one of those films that I just loved from the moment I first saw it. While I am too young(!) to have heard about the real events or to have seen the film in theaters, once I saw it, I was hooked!
I first saw this film either sometime in the mid to late 1990's or around 2000. Channel 11 WPIX in NYC used to show it a lot. It was Al Pacino so I was interested. From the moment I saw this crazyiness and seriousness, I could not stop watching it. This story is gripping and it is STILL very hard for me to believe that this was a indeed a TRUE story!
I won't go into the movie as this is not a movie review, but a Blu Ray review. First, I always love films from the 70's as that was the best overall decade for movies, toys and music. It was the worst for clothes and cars! I had the SE DVD as well as the original and I expected not much of an improvement based upon 'professional' reviews on the net. However, from the opening scene, it was 'clear' that this BD was miles ahead of the DVD and it was what we expect in HD.
It took me back to the days of the old New York that I used to know as a child. To see the old tolls and buses were something. Not really, but to see them in HD WAS something! It was as if you had a time machine and jumped back in time! This was not like watching an old movie and seeing an old movie, it was the closest thing next to being there. Things no longer looked old, they looked real!
Hair shines like it was in front of you - each strand very clear! Pastic bags look like pastic! Loud 70's suits look a 'little' more respectable now that we can make out patterns and even materials used in the suits! The old cars are easier to imagine them being the hottest things out since they are very clear like real life. ANYTHING that is in the real world looks real in HD. Of course BD's look better than HD broadcasts.
My only gripe, which is what you would have to expect for the first couple of years of HD, it that the extras are not in HD. They are the same as the DVD. It should be in HD and we should never again see SD! While they looked into the real story, they did not get deep at all. They just showed how they came into knowledge of the story. I had to dig very deep on the net just to find a little something. It would have been nice to include some actual footage from the real event so that people like me can see just how wild a scene this was in real life. I just can't imagine this being real. If WB included as much of the real fottage in a Special Edition BD as possible, I would buy another one!
Finally, after watching this thing over and over, it finally hit me! These guys WERE crazy and Sonny robbed the bank just to pay for a sex change for his gay lover! I am not sure if the other two guys were in it for that, but that is all he wanted. After serving his 7 years, he did pay for that sex change! Now it makes sense why Charles Durning was talking to him the wat he was. He knew he was sick! See, I thought that it was their first bank heist and they were just nervous and new. I did not realize that all of the non-sense that took place made no sense because they were crazy!
Great movie. If you have never seen it, see it. If HD is your first time seeing this, even better. Nevermind the Godfather or Scarface, Pacino is a master of the art of acting in THIS film!
Summary of Dog Day Afternoon [Blu-ray]
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