Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on a real 1972 Brooklyn bank robbery, starring Al Pacino as a desperate first time robber whose botched heist turns into a prolonged hostage standoff that draws a large crowd, extensive media coverage and a chaotic police response. The film's docudrama style and sympathetic, complicated portrait of its criminal protagonist departed from more conventional heist thriller conventions of its era. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and is widely regarded as one of the defining American films of the 1970s.
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Who won the Academy Award for writing Dog Day Afternoon?
Frank Pierson won the Original Screenplay award in 1976.
Frank Pierson won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Dog Day Afternoon. The award was presented at the ceremony of March 29, 1976, which honored films released in 1975.
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Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand.
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Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand.
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Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand.
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Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on a real 1972 Brooklyn bank robbery, starring Al Pacino as a desperate first time robber whose botched heist turns into a prolonged hostage standoff that draws a large crowd, extensive media coverage and a chaotic police response.
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Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand.
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Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand.
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Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
Wikidata P166: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
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