The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia • 16

THE ATLANTA CONSTlTiri ION, Ui. c. A 1W MOVIE REVIEW I 'Dog Day Afternoon' Poignant, Fnnny ters reveal themselves. Sonny, in his defiance of the police, becomes a charismatic hero to the crowd outside the bank. But a change in attitude is obvious when it is learned Sgt.

Moretti. Nervously, Moretti tries to strike a deal with the skittish Sonny, all the while he is barely able to control the ludicrous army of armed police surrounding the bank. Always there to monitor Moretti is the coldly efficient FBI agent Sheldon, played by James Broderick. The actors in the huge cast selected by Lumet are consistently fine. And Lumet does an outstanding job with the crowd scenes, as he did in "The Pawnbroker." Beginning from a simple incident the story grows increasingly rich as the charac largely from a lack of killer instinct Before locking up the female tellers, Sonny asks if anyone has to go to the bathroom.

His big mistake is burning the ledger book. Smoke escaping through the vent results in the police being called. Busloads of them surround the bank. A major point the film makes is that the harmless robbers become dangerous only because of the police overkill. Charles Durning is absolutely real-and just as sympathetic a character as the robbers-as pot-bellied, earnestly sweating Detective By FARNUM GRAY Contlltullon Enttrttlnmw Wrr Some odd things have happened in Brooklyn, and one of the oddest was the attempted bank robbery of Aug.

22, 1972. Two desperately under-qualified criminals with the strangest of motivations found themselves trapped in a bank, surrounded by hundreds of police, peered at by television cameras, and alternately cheered and jeered by a mob of kibitzers. In "Dog Day Afternoon," director Sidney Lumet and screenwriter Frank Pierson have molded the offbeat Incident into one of the better films of the year. This film is sure to get Al Pacino his annual Academy Award nomination. Playing Sonny, the sympathy-provoking leader of the robbery, Pacino demonstrates his widest range yet Sonny's sidekick, Sal, is played by John Cazale, who laved Pacino's brother Fredo i "The Godfather" and Its sequel Sonny has worked as a bank teller, and he knows the technical details: where the money is, how to prevent employes from sounding an alarm, and so on.

Nevertheless, he and Sal botch the Job, Over 60 dinner entrees available daily mostly priced between $3.00 and $5,95 including: TINY SHRIMP MIGNON MUSHROOMS FRIED CHICKEN BROILED FLOUNDER AIMONDINE SHRIMP CREOLE HAM STEAK FRESH OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL informal atmosphere free attended parking fine wines, beers, liquors children's menu TAKE OUT ORDERS AVAILABLE (875-6375) HAPPY HOUR MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 4-7 Sunday thru Thursday Mday Aa.tuf?X. that Sonny committed the robbery to pay for a controversial operation for Leon. Chris Sarandon plays the neurotic Leon with unimpeachable realistic detail With its excellent script and editing, this consistently engrossing film is both funny and poignant Rated it opens Friday at the National Triple and Phipps Plaza. Sol Al Pacino i "zz yz rtrtrrrrmn rrrnrrrrrmrrTrrrrrrirrir HL7S BACEt! THE "F1I1K PAHTI1 "5 niEnw PAH I 50 Years of Groat novics 1925-1975 they had killed a woman rl AMn nccTDnvcn uic i ice AND DESTROYED HIS LIFE. HAS NOW HE WOULD KILL A WOMAN NOW YOU CAN LAUGH TILL IT 'HURTS' AND DESTROY THEIR NATION.

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