Larry Karaszewski Presents: Frank Pierson in Person! January 28, 2010

DOG DAY AFTERNOON, 1975, Warner Bros., 130 min. Frank Pierson won the Oscar for Original Screenplay. Put-upon everyman Al Pacino, squeezed in the vise of pressures from his dysfunctional family and his transsexual lover (Chris Sarandon), finally cracks, robbing an NYC bank with shell-shocked vet John Cazale (THE DEER HUNTER), to finance Sarandon's sex-change operation. Based on a true story, DOG DAY AFTERNOON is one of director Sidney Lumet's most acutely observed and compassionate slices of life in the Big Apple. Discussion following with Frank Pierson.