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John Stanley Joseph Wojtowicz (/ v ɔɪ ˈ t oʊ v ɪ tʃ /, voy-TOE-vitch; [1] March 9, 1945 – January 2, 2006) was an American bank robber whose story inspired the film Dog Day Afternoon. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Elizabeth Debbie Eden (born August 19, 1946 – September 29, 1987) was an American transgender woman whose husband, John Wojtowicz, attempted a bank robbery, allegedly to pay for her sex reassignment surgery. The incident was adapted into the crime drama film Dog Day Afternoon , directed by Sidney Lumet. [1]
Wojtowicz's lawyer Mark Landsman retained $3,500 of the payment he received. [26] Meanwhile, Warner Bros. paid for Naturile's funeral. [27] The working title of the film was The Boys in the Bank. [28] The budget was set at an estimate of $3.8 million (equivalent to $26.08 million in 2023). [3] Frank Pierson was hired to write the screenplay ...
When the strange and sweaty little bank robber Sonny cries “Attica! Attica!” both to troll the police and to rally a Brooklyn crowd around him, it reverses the polarity of Dog Day Afternoon ...
With Al Pacino playing a bisexual bank robber based on real-life criminal John Wojtowicz, this movie put a surprising spin on the antihero trope (It became one of the first motion pictures to ...
Salvatore Antonio "Sal" Naturile, [1] also known as Donald Matterson [2] (June 26, 1953– August 23, 1972) was an American bank robber whose attempted robbery of a Chase Manhattan bank branch in Brooklyn, along with John Wojtowicz, in August 1972, inspired the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon. In the film he is portrayed by actor John Cazale.
Here is the true story of How to Rob a Bank and an update on the real life people in it. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment ...
The Dog (also known as Storyville: The Great Sex Addict Heist [1] [2]) is a 2013 documentary film co-written and co-directed by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, about the real-life story of bisexual bank robber John Wojtowicz that inspired the 1975 Al Pacino movie Dog Day Afternoon about his August 1972 attempted heist and 14-hour televised hostage situation in Brooklyn to pay for his lover's ...