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John Wojtowicz and girlfriend Elizabeth Eden, the couple who inspired 'Dog Day Afternoon,' (1975), after John's failed attempt to rob a bank to pay for her gender reassignment surgery; photograph Fred W. Mcdurrah, date not specified c. late 1970s.
John Wojtowicz poses at the Brooklyn branch Chase Bank that he robbed in 1972 in an attempt to fund sexual reassignment surgery for his lover.
a true hero ladies and gentlemen
THE DOG (2013) dir. Allison Berg & François Keraudren In 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to pay for his lover Elizabeth Eden's gender-affirming operation, a story which would later became the basis for the film Dog Day Afternoon. The Dog captures John, who shares his story for the first time in his own unique, offensive, hilarious and heartbreaking way. How and why the bank robbery took place is recounted in gripping detail by Wojtowicz and various eyewitnesses. (link in title)
Watched Dog Day Afternoon
Shattering. Every time it made me laugh I felt the pit of despair growing deeper and wider. There's no good ending.
Knocked the wind out of me with how honestly it portrays the broad social motives of its organs. The police do not care about the hostages. They want to kill Sonny and Sal, and if only those protesters weren't watching, they would run in and do it. The tide of violence being held back by the hair-thin thread of public opinion is overwhelming.
And how easy it would have been for them to give him what he wanted. They almost do, they show him everything he desires, everything he could possibly need, that it is within their control. But they don't want to. The question arises: what if we gave every schmuck who tried to rob a bank everything they wanted? It seems staggeringly unlikely to me that that would make the world a worse place, if only we did it before they get through the doors.
John Wojtowicz (August 22, 1972) / Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon (1975) dir. Sidney Lumet
