SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“The film’s tone is extraordinarily flexible, holding within the same reality elements of the absurd, the ridiculous and the comic while sustaining a sense of tension and dread throughout.”
125 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Sidney Lumet. In English. DCP.
On the blistering afternoon of August 22, 1972, two optimistic losers attempt to rob a Brooklyn bank -- the frantic master-mind Sonny (Academy Award-winner Al Pacino), and his slow-witted buddy Sal (John Cazale). But then the cops arrive. The crowds arrive. The TV cameras arrive. Even the pizza man arrives. As their heist turns into a circus, Sonny and Sal's notoriety grows, and their chances for survival shrink. Pacino teams with his Serpico director Sidney Lumet for a jolting comedy-drama that earned six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and a win for Frank Pierson's streetwise screenplay based on a real-life incident. Recently selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time.
ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS in this series:
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: Saturday, June 14 at 2:30 p.m.
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: Sunday, June 15 at 12 p.m.
The Passenger: Saturday, June 28 at 3 p.m.
The Passenger: Sunday, June 29 at 12 p.m.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Saturday, July 12 at 3 p.m.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Sunday, July 13 at 3 p.m.
Grey Gardens: Saturday, August 9 at 3 p.m.
Grey Gardens: Sunday, August 10 at 12 p.m.
Jaws: Coming to Congress Square Park for a free September screening!
Barry Lyndon: Saturday, September 20 at 2:30 p.m.