Sonny (Al Pacino) sets out to rob a Brooklyn bank to pay for his boyfriend's sex change operation. The job doesn't go as planned. Based on a true-life story, the screenplay won an Oscar and a Writer's Guild award though reportedly much was improvised.

No matter, Dog is great stuff. Director Sidney Lumet gets the New York flavor just right and Pacino is simply stupendous. Memorable support comes from Chris Sarandon and the late John Cazale. All together now:"At-ti-ca! At-ti-ca!"


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