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This is one of the only flawless movies ever made...fave lines...

posted 14 years ago by puplover
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I loved EVERYTHING, it had humor, suspense, sadness, love, fear, action...everything. I memorized every single line.

No one can say that his phone call to his lover, Chris Sarandon wasn't the most heart-breaking, funny perfect dialogue EVER. AND it was ALL improv!!

I love when people ask this: favorite lines? There are so many...

I also have a review of Dog Day published on the Movies quotes and more website: http://www.moviequotesandmore.com/dog-day-afternoon-1975-movie-review/

[–] I_Love_Hutch 11 years ago

When Sonny says to Leon: I'm with a guy who doesn't know where Wyoming is. You think you got problems?

[–] I_Love_Hutch 11 years ago

Leon: I got 7,000 f*&kin' cops all around me. What am I supposed to do?

[–] I_Love_Hutch 11 years ago

Sonny's wife: And you yelled at me. Hey you pig, get on the fu*&kin ride, you said! And everything just fell out of me. My heart, my liver... just fell to the floor!

[–] rascal67 11 years ago

PIZZA DELIVERY BOY: I'm a fu@k!ng star!

I gave this film a thought today, when I was performing a mundane task and was dealing in dates. 1975 was an exceptionally strong year for film. I find it difficult to rank at least 3 of the BP nominees and this film, along with JAWS, IS one of them—I still find myself swaying towards 'CUCKOO'S NEST' though, as the best choice.

Lumet, was in top form with this film and probably my favorite of his, out of what I have seen.

[–] Darthmauler_megaa 11 years ago

Cuckoo's Nest is great, though at the same time I lean more toward Dog Day because the plot is so original and unexpected, especially considering it's a true story.

Oh and favorite line...hmm...for some reason I always love the way Sonny says, "I'm flying to the tropics! *beep* the snow!" Lol

Plus any reaction shot of Sal's pretty much counts as a favorite line. :)

"We never win any ball games...but we sure have some interesting discussions."

[–] puplover 9 years ago

Oh, and

Sonny:"I gotta pay for the food...where are the marked fives?"

[–] Movie_Piranha_1979 10 years ago

Sonny: Is there any special country you wanna go to?

Sal: Wyoming.

Sonny: Sal, Wyoming's not a country.

Prostitute: What the *beep* are you doing?
Johnny: I'm gonna kill a bunch of people.

[–] puplover 10 years ago

"Oh and favorite line...hmm...for some reason I always love the way Sonny says, "I'm flying to the tropics! *beep* the snow!" Lol"

That is my absolute favorite, too!!

[–] VinnieRattolle 10 years ago

One line that most people probably miss made me chuckle. As Sonny searches the doctor's bag, a voice from the crowd sniggers, "He's looking for an antidote!" It's a sad statement about how people perceived gays in that era, but still a funny one-liner.

[–] I_Created_U 9 years ago

What, nobody has yet mentioned the best line of the movie?

Here it is then:

- "You wanna kill me?"
- "I don't want to kill you but I will if I have to"
- "It's your job right? Well if somebody kills me, i want it to be because he hates my guts, not because it's his job!"

Love it.

People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs

[–] Synthia7 9 years ago

Finally watched this. Absolutely not flawless, nor among the best movies.

I expected 4-star mastery. Instead it was 3-star.

I think because the gay and transgender subject matter was so risque for its time, people overrated the movie.

[–] chewtoy45 9 years ago

As the tellers are going through the cash drawers:

Sonny: Decoy money, right? It's marked. It's s_hit.

Then Pacino happily throws it into the air so the bills flutter all around them. I'm cracking up as I'm typing this.

I think I'll have a large order of prognosis negative.