Dog Day Afternoon

Description

Milwaukee Film and Boswell Books are excited to welcome Milwaukee author and librarian Matthew J Prigge to the Oriental Theatre to discussof his latest book, Dog's Day: The True Story of a Bank Robbery, Gay Liberation, and Toxic Love That Inspired a Hollywood Classic. With his new book, Prigge recounts the wilder-than-fiction true story behind the sensational bank heist immortalized in the 1975 film DOG DAY AFTERNOON because reality really is stranger than cinema.

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.