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Al Pacino & Sidney Lumet: 'Dog Day Afternoon' At 50

Oct 3, 2025 · 46m
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  • Sidney Lumet and Al Pacino are featured discussing the 50-year legacy of 'Dog Day Afternoon,' a film about robbing a bank to fund gender-affirming surgery
  • Lumet recalls giving Pacino creative freedom and pushing him further, with Pacino delivering acting Lumet called 'blinding in its intensity, agonizingly painful'
  • Maureen Corrigan reviews 'The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny' by Kiran Desai, shortlisted for the Booker Prize

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Al Pacino
4 podcast appearances
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Sidney Lumet
1 podcast appearance

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