Bryant Park Film Festival ~ July 6

July 6th, 2009

The Bryant Park Summer Film Festival continues with Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon,…

  • Monday, July 6
  • 5:00pm
  • The Lawn

The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

Al Pacino plays Sonny who needs money to pay for his boyfriend’s sex-change operation and decides to rob a bank to get it. Things go wrong and he’s soon bogged down in a long, drawn-out hostage situation. Sidney Lumet directed this gritty, darkly humorous drama set in Brooklyn on the hottest day of the year. (1975) 125 Min. (Warner Bros.)