Dog Day Afternoon

Trivia: In order to make his character look and act more erratic, Al Pacino only slept a couple of hours at night, ate very little and took cold showers.

Trivia: Based on a true story, the real robbers got $213,000 in the robbery.

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Trivia: Dominic Chianese plays Al Pacino's father in this film. Chianese (born 1931) is only nine years older than Pacino (born 1940).

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: In the scene in which they discuss Sylvia smoking, the paper on the table is different between shots. In the shots of Sylvia there is some paper near the can on the left. In the shots of Sal, the paper is not there. (01:03:00)

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Quotes

Leon: I mean, how do they expect you to get uncrazy if you're asleep all the time?

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Questions

Question: What would've happened if Sonny drove the limo himself, refused to tell the police where they were going, and told the police not to follow them? Also, if Sal had hostages sitting behind him as well, making it impossible for the police to get a clean shot? How could the police have stopped them, without getting any hostages killed?

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