Dog Day Afternoon
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Continuity mistake: At Margaret's desk in the bank, her name is spelled "Margret" on the name plaque prop, but at the end of the film, her name is spelled "Margaret" in the credits. (00:51:10 - 02:03:25)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Stevie gives Sonny the handgun, as Sonny tucks the handgun into his waistband, the actor's mic wire becomes visible. After Moretti's first phone call, Sonny is angry that "Jack downtown" gave him wrong information, and when he stands up there's an odd bulge at the back of his pants, presumably his mic transmitter. Then Sonny asks Mulvaney about the back door's location, and when Sonny leans down to tell Sal, "Cover them, cover them," we can see the mic and its wire between Al Pacino's tie and shirt. In exterior shots, we can see the outline of the white tape under Pacino's shirt (holds his lav mic in place due to the actor's frenetic movements). (00:07:55 - 00:20:40)

Super Grover

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Visible crew/equipment: When Sonny wants to use a heavy desk to block the bank's back door, Mulvaney removes his suit jacket, and as they both push the desk toward the door, the outline of the actor's Lavalier mic transmitter is visible at the lower right side of Mulvaney's back. (00:24:15)

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Visible crew/equipment: While Moretti is in the barber shop on the phone with Sonny, the camera tracks closer to Moretti, Sheldon, and Carmine, and as Moretti says, "Come on, let's be reasonable...just give me your name," we can see their three T-marks (dark chalk) on the floor at their feet. (00:28:40)

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Continuity mistake: Just after Sonny says, of Sal, that "that man bites" a potted plant seems to disappear then reappear from the counter. Sonny and the head cashier are moving down the counter getting the cash from each position as they go and, if you look at the signs on the counter, you can see that some shots are shown out of order; there are some shots of "Maria"'s position (no plant) interleaved with the previous position (with a plant). But the end effect is the same - appearing and disappearing plant. (00:12:20)

jle

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Sonny: You'd like to kill me? Bet you would.
Sheldon: I wouldn't like to kill you. I will if I have to.
Sonny: It's your job, right? The guy who kills me... I hope he does it because he hates my guts, not because it's his job.

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Trivia: In order to make his character look and act more erratic, Al Pacino only slept a couple of hours at night, ate very little and took cold showers.

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Question: What would've happened if Sonny drove the limo himself, refused to tell the police where they were going, and told the police not to follow them? Also, if Sal had hostages sitting behind him as well, making it impossible for the police to get a clean shot? How could the police have stopped them, without getting any hostages killed?

MikeH

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