"Dog Day Afternoon" is a phenomenal piece of 1970s American cinema based on the true story of unsuccessful bank robber John Wojtowicz. In the film, on August 22, 1972, Sonny Wortzik and friend Sal Naturile fail to take the money and run, instead ending up in a showdown with law enforcement and becoming local celebrities. Director Sidney Lumet crafts "Dog Day Afternoon" with a documentary-style realism through the use of natural lighting, lack of flashy angles, and actor improvisation. He often shoots in real time to capture the sense of authenticity as much as possible, to showcase the wild events as they unfold in real...
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- 6/4/2022
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Colin Callender’s Playground has acquired the television rights to award-winning documentary The Dog to develop as a drama series.
Directed by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, The Dog tells the extraordinary back-story of the late John Wojtowicz, the bank robber whose antics inspired Al Pacino’s character in Sidney Lumet’s 1975 classic Dog Day Afternoon.
An official selection at the SXSW Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival, The Dog was lauded by critics upon its release in 2013.
In the film, a Brooklyn bank robbery on a hot August afternoon turns into a hostage crisis and media frenzy, when the mastermind behind the heist proclaims, “I’m Gay” and admits he needs the money for his bride’s gender reassignment surgery.
In the documentary, Berg and Keraudren offer a more complicated portrait of Wojtowicz, artfully chronicling his multiples lives as a Catholic mama’s boy,...
Directed by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, The Dog tells the extraordinary back-story of the late John Wojtowicz, the bank robber whose antics inspired Al Pacino’s character in Sidney Lumet’s 1975 classic Dog Day Afternoon.
An official selection at the SXSW Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival, The Dog was lauded by critics upon its release in 2013.
In the film, a Brooklyn bank robbery on a hot August afternoon turns into a hostage crisis and media frenzy, when the mastermind behind the heist proclaims, “I’m Gay” and admits he needs the money for his bride’s gender reassignment surgery.
In the documentary, Berg and Keraudren offer a more complicated portrait of Wojtowicz, artfully chronicling his multiples lives as a Catholic mama’s boy,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
From portraying a mob don and an AIDS-stricken attorney to a comic strip villain and a Nazi hunter, Al Pacino has done it all. In honor of his long and distinguished career (and his 80th birthday), we offer up this retrospect that showcases his expansive diversity.
N.Y.P.D (1968) • A then 28-year-old Pacino made his TV debut on this ABC police procedural plan the victim of a shooting.
Me, Natalie (1971) • Pacino had a small role in this film starring Patty Duke about a girl who struggles with her appearance.
The Panic in Needle Park (1971) • Pacino played a small-town crook leading a woman down a path of heroin addiction. His work in this film caught the eye of director Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather (1971) • And then came “The Godfather” and his first Academy Award nomination. Need we say more?
Serpico (1973) • Pacino earned his second Oscar nomination playing New York City policeman Frank Serpico,...
N.Y.P.D (1968) • A then 28-year-old Pacino made his TV debut on this ABC police procedural plan the victim of a shooting.
Me, Natalie (1971) • Pacino had a small role in this film starring Patty Duke about a girl who struggles with her appearance.
The Panic in Needle Park (1971) • Pacino played a small-town crook leading a woman down a path of heroin addiction. His work in this film caught the eye of director Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather (1971) • And then came “The Godfather” and his first Academy Award nomination. Need we say more?
Serpico (1973) • Pacino earned his second Oscar nomination playing New York City policeman Frank Serpico,...
- 4/25/2020
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 3-9 The Dog An intimate portrait of John Wojtowicz, the inspiration behind Al Pacino’s character in Sidney Lumet’s Oscar-Nominated Dog Day Afternoon. (TV-ma, 1:41) 11/4 Hercules The son of Zeus, Hercules has completed his 12 labors only to find himself without a family. As he moves forward, he leads his band of fighters into battle to collect money, fighting on any side — until one battle opens his eyes to the ruthlessness that exists within some of his employers. Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, John Hurt (PG-13, 1:38) 11/4 Land Ho! Two men, former brothers-in-law, take … Continue reading →
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- 11/3/2014
- by Meredith Ennis
- ChannelGuideMag
By now you have had the chance to see The Dog, one of Drafthouse Films' most intriguing acquisitions this year. If not, you can watch it online via Amazon or Vimeo. Released in theaters last month, the documentary covers the remarkable character John Wojtowicz, aka "The Dog," inspiration for the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon about a man who robbed a bank pay for his male lover's gender reassignment surgery. I saw the movie during SXSW earlier this year.
Stunned after watching the intimate portrait from Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, I made my way to meet them during SXSW, at the end of a hotel hallway across from another room where (ironically) Snoop Dogg was also meeting the press. Here's the transcript of our two-on-one interview.
Slackerwood: John Wojtowicz died in 2006. What work or shooting on the film have you done since then?
Frank Keraudren: The first four years we shot John exclusively,...
Stunned after watching the intimate portrait from Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, I made my way to meet them during SXSW, at the end of a hotel hallway across from another room where (ironically) Snoop Dogg was also meeting the press. Here's the transcript of our two-on-one interview.
Slackerwood: John Wojtowicz died in 2006. What work or shooting on the film have you done since then?
Frank Keraudren: The first four years we shot John exclusively,...
- 9/8/2014
- by Mike Saulters
- Slackerwood
The Dog
A documentary directed by Allison Berg & Frank Keraudren
USA, 2013
The great advantage of documentaries is their ability to dampen the cinematic white noise and give us a peek into the human condition. In the fantastic documentary, The Dog, we meet a man whose entire life is predicated upon the fundamental need for validation. John Wojtowicz derives his self-worth first through sexual conquest, and then through the comically tragic bank robbery that catapulted him to infamy. John’s extraordinary life is the stuff of fiction, leaving us to wonder where the truth ends and the persona begins. Or maybe it’s the other way around.
On August 22nd, 1972, John Wojtowicz and two accomplices walked into the Chase Manhattan Bank at the corner of East Third and Avenue P in Brooklyn. 14 hours later, John was arrested for robbing the bank and holding 7 employees hostage in order to pay for his male lover’s sex-change operation.
A documentary directed by Allison Berg & Frank Keraudren
USA, 2013
The great advantage of documentaries is their ability to dampen the cinematic white noise and give us a peek into the human condition. In the fantastic documentary, The Dog, we meet a man whose entire life is predicated upon the fundamental need for validation. John Wojtowicz derives his self-worth first through sexual conquest, and then through the comically tragic bank robbery that catapulted him to infamy. John’s extraordinary life is the stuff of fiction, leaving us to wonder where the truth ends and the persona begins. Or maybe it’s the other way around.
On August 22nd, 1972, John Wojtowicz and two accomplices walked into the Chase Manhattan Bank at the corner of East Third and Avenue P in Brooklyn. 14 hours later, John was arrested for robbing the bank and holding 7 employees hostage in order to pay for his male lover’s sex-change operation.
- 8/13/2014
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
Gay respectability is thrown out the window in “The Dog,” a tremendously thoughtful and entertaining documentary that restores opportunistic sleaze, lovelorn hysteria, and proud promiscuity to queer history. “I'm a pervert,” insists pudgy, gray-haired, gruff-voiced outer-borougher John Wojtowicz. “Nobody would ever rob a bank to cut off a guy's dick to give him a sex operation.” Wojtowicz did just that in 1972, and his sensationalistic motive — and the hours-long media circus he instigated by taking hostages, ordering pizza deliveries to the bank, publicly French kissing a male ex, and throwing money out the door at gathered onlookers —...
- 8/8/2014
- by Inkoo Kang
- The Wrap
The Dog tells the oftentimes sad, oftentimes mad story of John Wojtowicz (pronounce wah-toe-witz), the Vietnam vet who became a media celebrity in 1972 when he and a friend robbed a Brooklyn bank and held numerous hostages for ransom in order to get money to give his second wife a sex change operation. Cinephiles will recognize this story as the basis for Sidney Lumet’s 1975 multi-Oscar nominated film Dog Day Afternoon, with Al Pacino playing Wojtowicz (though his character is named Sonny Wortzik). It’s a larger than life Robin Hood story about a man’s need to self-mythologize and his eventual half-tragic downfall, which is tied directly to the Gay Rights Movement of the 1970s and a shrewd personal history that seemed all too weird too be true but too engrossing to be fake.
Shot over the course of a 10-year period, co-directors Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren’s documentary...
Shot over the course of a 10-year period, co-directors Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren’s documentary...
- 8/8/2014
- by Sean Hutchinson
- LRMonline.com
Directed and produced by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren
With John Wojtowicz, Liz Eden, Theresa Wojtowicz, Carmen Wojtowicz, Stan Thaler, Donnie Fazekas
Any movie geek who has been around for any length of time must have seen Dog Day Afternoon, one of the seminal movies from the 1970s, the movie that put Al Pacino in the top rung of movie actors and one of the classic movies on Sidney Lumet’s resume. Dog Day Afternoon is also one of the most loved and quoted from New York movies.
Movies filmed in New York City are their own special breed, especially crime movies, the French Connection, The Seven Ups, Prince of the City, King of New York, Crazy Joe, The Godfather franchise, a long and distinguished list. Dog Day Afternoon joined that line up in 1975 and recreated a media circus that surrounded a bank robbery that went very wrong on a hot summer day in Brooklyn.
With John Wojtowicz, Liz Eden, Theresa Wojtowicz, Carmen Wojtowicz, Stan Thaler, Donnie Fazekas
Any movie geek who has been around for any length of time must have seen Dog Day Afternoon, one of the seminal movies from the 1970s, the movie that put Al Pacino in the top rung of movie actors and one of the classic movies on Sidney Lumet’s resume. Dog Day Afternoon is also one of the most loved and quoted from New York movies.
Movies filmed in New York City are their own special breed, especially crime movies, the French Connection, The Seven Ups, Prince of the City, King of New York, Crazy Joe, The Godfather franchise, a long and distinguished list. Dog Day Afternoon joined that line up in 1975 and recreated a media circus that surrounded a bank robbery that went very wrong on a hot summer day in Brooklyn.
- 8/8/2014
- by Sam Moffitt
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In Dog Day Afternoon, Al Pacino played a thinly fictionalized version of John Wojtowicz, who famously attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank in 1972 in order to pay for his spouse’s gender-reassignment operation. (Or who used the operation as a smokescreen for an underlying mafia motive, depending on who you believe.) Now the life and crimes […]
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- 8/7/2014
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Sidney Lumet's crackling 1975 classic "Dog Day Afternoon" told the incredible true story of man who decides to rob a bank to help pay for his partner's sex change operation. The movie was an instant hit, earning six Oscar nominations (winning Best Screenplay), and catapulted an already ascendant Al Pacino, into the stratosphere. But, Lumet's film was only one part of a much bigger story that is every bit as wild and unbelievable as that long summer day in Brooklyn. Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren's "The Dog" tells the rest of the tale of John Wojtowicz, the man whose attempted bank robbery is just one story in a life filled with even more tall tales and unexpected twists of fate. The documentary chronicles the real life man's gay rights activism, his tough years in prison, the celebrity he found following the release of Lumet's movie and how it changed him,...
- 8/7/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Highly entertaining if slightly indulgent, The Dog looks at the life of John Wojtowicz, the man who was portrayed by Al Pacino in Sidney Lumet's classic Dog Day Afternoon. Wojtowicz is a pretty fascinating guy who crammed more than his share of lives into his time on earth, and we learn from a series of frank and, at times, filthy interviews about his various escapades. To the film's credit, it effectively situates his life within the nascent gay rights movement of the early 70s, showcasing through a series of vintage documentary footage the environment in which the more celebrated events of Dog Day Afternoon took place. Behind the sensationalistic story of a bank robbery committed so that a man could get his male wife a...
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- 8/7/2014
- Screen Anarchy
The 8th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival is a power-packed event featuring outrageous cult films, provocative documentaries and wild short films that will run September 4-7 at its usual haunt, The Factory Theater.
Opening Night: The fest opens with Housebound, a New Zealand horror comedy by Gerard Johnstone about a woman in trouble with the law who comes to believe that her family home is haunted. The film will be preceded by a performance by Renny Kodgers and a free pizza party; and followed by an after party.
Closing Night: The fest will close with the controversial German teen sex comedy Wetlands directed by David Wendt. The film will then be followed by a late-night after party.
Highlights: Usama Alshaibi‘s must see documentary American Arab — an intimate, socially relevatory and essential film — screens at 4 p.m. on Sept. 6. Read the Underground Film Journal review of American Arab.
Jorge Torres-Torres...
Opening Night: The fest opens with Housebound, a New Zealand horror comedy by Gerard Johnstone about a woman in trouble with the law who comes to believe that her family home is haunted. The film will be preceded by a performance by Renny Kodgers and a free pizza party; and followed by an after party.
Closing Night: The fest will close with the controversial German teen sex comedy Wetlands directed by David Wendt. The film will then be followed by a late-night after party.
Highlights: Usama Alshaibi‘s must see documentary American Arab — an intimate, socially relevatory and essential film — screens at 4 p.m. on Sept. 6. Read the Underground Film Journal review of American Arab.
Jorge Torres-Torres...
- 8/7/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
John Wojtowicz is the rare subject whose real life was more complex, more borderline-unbelievable and more gloriously strange than the one presented on the big screen. He was “The Dog,” the wannabe bank robber whose failed heist of a Chase Manhattan Bank in sweltering '70s Brooklyn was the basis for Sidney Lumet’s classic “Dog Day Afternoon.” Portrayed by a peak-of-his-powers Al Pacino (named Sonny Wortzik in the film), Wojtowicz is mostly remembered for the ostensible reason behind the robbery—to pay for his boyfriend’s sex change operation. As the moving, sad, riotously humorous documentary “The Dog” explains, the film only captured traces of Wojtowicz’s personality, and only told bits of his story. 'Afternoon' is a masterpiece, to be sure, but the real dog’s life was even wilder, its central figure an utterly eccentric character. “I’m an angel, but I got horns,” the late Wojtowicz...
- 8/6/2014
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Playlist
Dog Eat Dog: Berg & Keraudren’s Doc an Intriguing Portrait of a Famous Bank Robber
Destined to be a compelling double feature event with Sidney Lumet’s classic 1975 film, Dog Day Afternoon, Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren’s documentary The Dog examines the life of the real life bank robber, John Wojtowicz. Though it may be a unique pathway for a younger generation to be exposed to the classic film, it will surely be fans of the Oscar nominated Al Pacino headliner that should take an immediate interest. As scandalous and tawdry as Wojtowicz’s famed crime was made out to be, this behind the scenes account, which follows Wojtowicz and several friends and family members through the significant aftereffects of the robbery, his whole story is definitely unique enough for this strikingly compiled portrait of a man relayed through conversation. What inspired the Lumet film is still intact here,...
Destined to be a compelling double feature event with Sidney Lumet’s classic 1975 film, Dog Day Afternoon, Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren’s documentary The Dog examines the life of the real life bank robber, John Wojtowicz. Though it may be a unique pathway for a younger generation to be exposed to the classic film, it will surely be fans of the Oscar nominated Al Pacino headliner that should take an immediate interest. As scandalous and tawdry as Wojtowicz’s famed crime was made out to be, this behind the scenes account, which follows Wojtowicz and several friends and family members through the significant aftereffects of the robbery, his whole story is definitely unique enough for this strikingly compiled portrait of a man relayed through conversation. What inspired the Lumet film is still intact here,...
- 8/6/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
John Wojtowicz may be the perfect embodiment of Maslow's ideal of self-actualization. The inspiration for Al Pacino's character in Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon and now subject of Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren's fascinating documentary The Dog, Wojtowicz was many things: soldier, bank robber, libertine, and both "Goldwater Republican" and "McCarthy peacenik." Through it all, however, he was a lover. And it was his love of Ernest Aron (later Elizabeth Eden) that spurred him to realize, in his own words, "On Aug. 22, 1972, I had to do something."
That "something" was robbing a Brooklyn branch of Chase Manhattan with accomplices Sal Naturale and (briefly) Robert Westenberg. Fifteen hours later, Naturale was dead and Wojtowicz was in custody, facing a 20-y...
That "something" was robbing a Brooklyn branch of Chase Manhattan with accomplices Sal Naturale and (briefly) Robert Westenberg. Fifteen hours later, Naturale was dead and Wojtowicz was in custody, facing a 20-y...
- 8/6/2014
- Village Voice
On August 22, 1972, a man named John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a bank in Brooklyn to pay for his lover’s sex-change operation—at least, that is what has been long believed. The bungled heist would later inspire Sidney Lumet’s classic 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon, which starred Al Pacino as “Sonny Wortzik” and John Cazale as his fellow robber, Sal. Now, four decades on, Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren have made The Dog, a documentary which relates the real, incredible true story of that August day, and what happened to Wojtowicz afterwards.
The Dog premieres in theaters on Aug. 8 and...
The Dog premieres in theaters on Aug. 8 and...
- 7/31/2014
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
Birthday shoutouts go to Thomas Gibson (above), who is 52, Connie Nielsen is 49, and Betty Buckley is 67.
Op-ed: How Can Extreme Homophobes Still Win Elections?
Ryan Gosling had difficulties on the set of The Notebook
This is from Chicago Pride. The look on the cop’s face is priceless.
Here’s a first look at Henry Cavill in Batman Vs. Superman
Here’s the IndieGoGo trailer for Same Difference: “A feature length documentary that presents the lives of two adolescent boys who identify as gay from a young age. Graeme Taylor, now 18 and off to college, grows up and goes to school in a supporting environment that allows him to thrive. Justin Aaberg (1994-2010) unfortunately grows up and goes to a school filled with intolerant backwards policies and scandal. Justin was just one of nine teens that took their lives while attending the Anoka-Hennepin School District between 2009-2011. This resulted...
Op-ed: How Can Extreme Homophobes Still Win Elections?
Ryan Gosling had difficulties on the set of The Notebook
This is from Chicago Pride. The look on the cop’s face is priceless.
Here’s a first look at Henry Cavill in Batman Vs. Superman
Here’s the IndieGoGo trailer for Same Difference: “A feature length documentary that presents the lives of two adolescent boys who identify as gay from a young age. Graeme Taylor, now 18 and off to college, grows up and goes to school in a supporting environment that allows him to thrive. Justin Aaberg (1994-2010) unfortunately grows up and goes to a school filled with intolerant backwards policies and scandal. Justin was just one of nine teens that took their lives while attending the Anoka-Hennepin School District between 2009-2011. This resulted...
- 7/3/2014
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Lover. Husband. Soldier. Activist. Mama’s Boy. Bank Robber.
Drafthouse Films has released the new trailer for The Dog – an intimate portrait of the vivacious John Wojtowicz, the inspiration behind Al Pacino’s character in Sidney Lumet’s Oscar-Nominated Dog Day Afternoon.
Coming of age in the 1960s, John Wojtowicz took pride in being a pervert. His libido was excessive even by the libertine standards of the era, with multiple wives and lovers, both women and men.
In August, 1972, he attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover’s sex reassignment surgery. The attempted heist resulted in a fourteen-hour hostage situation that was broadcast on TV. Three years later, Pacino portrayed his character instigating the unforgettable crime on the big screen. The award-winning film had a profound influence on Wojtowicz, and when he emerged from prison six years later, he became known as “The Dog.”
Filmed over the...
Drafthouse Films has released the new trailer for The Dog – an intimate portrait of the vivacious John Wojtowicz, the inspiration behind Al Pacino’s character in Sidney Lumet’s Oscar-Nominated Dog Day Afternoon.
Coming of age in the 1960s, John Wojtowicz took pride in being a pervert. His libido was excessive even by the libertine standards of the era, with multiple wives and lovers, both women and men.
In August, 1972, he attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover’s sex reassignment surgery. The attempted heist resulted in a fourteen-hour hostage situation that was broadcast on TV. Three years later, Pacino portrayed his character instigating the unforgettable crime on the big screen. The award-winning film had a profound influence on Wojtowicz, and when he emerged from prison six years later, he became known as “The Dog.”
Filmed over the...
- 6/30/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For fans of Sidney Lumet’s Oscar-nominated film “Dog Day Afternoon,” Drafthouse Films’ latest feature, “The Dog,” will be a must-see, particularly because “The Dog” will focus on the real life inspiration for Al Pacino’s character, John Wojtowicz. Wojtowicz was a character all on his own, making him a great documentary subject for directors Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren. In fact, “The Dog” has been called “The best documentary about a human being ever made” by Next Projection and a “[s]urprisingly sad portrait of a sexually liberated man held captive by his past, forever chasing and trying to rewrite his own legend” by Variety. Here’s more about the film: “Coming of [ Read More ]
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- 5/30/2014
- by monique
- ShockYa
QFest St. Louis continues with The Dog at 7:00 pm Wednesday April 30th.
QFest St. Louis, the annual gay and Lesbian Film Festival presented by Cinema St. Louis, kicks off this weekend. It runs through May 1st and all films will be screened at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in The Loop, University City, Mo)
QFest uses the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of Lgbtq people and celebrate queer culture. The 2014 event features an eclectic slate of contemporary Lgbtq-themed feature films, documentaries, and shorts. Tickets are now on sale for all shows.
The Dog screens at 7:00pm Wednesday April 30th
John Wojtowicz took pride in being a pervert. Coming of age in the 1960s, his libido was excessive even by the libertine standards of the era, with multiple wives and lovers, both women and men. In August 1972, he attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover’s sex-reassignment surgery.
QFest St. Louis, the annual gay and Lesbian Film Festival presented by Cinema St. Louis, kicks off this weekend. It runs through May 1st and all films will be screened at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in The Loop, University City, Mo)
QFest uses the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of Lgbtq people and celebrate queer culture. The 2014 event features an eclectic slate of contemporary Lgbtq-themed feature films, documentaries, and shorts. Tickets are now on sale for all shows.
The Dog screens at 7:00pm Wednesday April 30th
John Wojtowicz took pride in being a pervert. Coming of age in the 1960s, his libido was excessive even by the libertine standards of the era, with multiple wives and lovers, both women and men. In August 1972, he attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover’s sex-reassignment surgery.
- 4/29/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Drafthouse Films is building a strong slate of quality documentaries, and The Dog is a fine addition to that collection.
Filmmakers Allison Berg and Francois Keraudren, who brought their previous film Witches in Exile to SXSW in 2004, have completed an 11-year project to document the life of John Wojtowicz, aka "The Dog," who became famous in 1971 for robbing a Chase Manhattan bank in order to pay for gender reassignment surgery for his lover. The event served as inspiration for the 1975 Sidney Lumet film Dog Day Afternoon.
Beginning with his early years, The Dog covers a journey to Vietnam and a return to post-war Stonewall New York during the birth of the gay rights movement, revealing a fascinating character who refuses to play by any rules but his own. Wojtowicz is a force of nature, who describes himself as "an angel with horns," who does not drink, smoke, or gamble, reserving sex as his only vice.
Filmmakers Allison Berg and Francois Keraudren, who brought their previous film Witches in Exile to SXSW in 2004, have completed an 11-year project to document the life of John Wojtowicz, aka "The Dog," who became famous in 1971 for robbing a Chase Manhattan bank in order to pay for gender reassignment surgery for his lover. The event served as inspiration for the 1975 Sidney Lumet film Dog Day Afternoon.
Beginning with his early years, The Dog covers a journey to Vietnam and a return to post-war Stonewall New York during the birth of the gay rights movement, revealing a fascinating character who refuses to play by any rules but his own. Wojtowicz is a force of nature, who describes himself as "an angel with horns," who does not drink, smoke, or gamble, reserving sex as his only vice.
- 3/13/2014
- by Mike Saulters
- Slackerwood
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