LOS ANGELES — Hollywood legend Al Pacino
recently attended the 50th anniversary screening of ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ at the
American Cinematheque‘s Aero Theatre.
He also
spent time with some old friends during the event. Those friends are the other
collaborators he misses from making the classic bank-robbery-gone-wrong drama a
half-century ago, reports ‘Variety’.
The
acting legend also made a lot of new friends at the Aero, with the capacity
crowd revealing not just in his tales of making ;Dog Day Afternoon’ but
assorted takes on other aspects of his career.
“Let’s
just say it’s always a 50-year anniversary, you know”, the actor said with a
chuckle. “I mean, I did ‘The Godfather’, it was 50 years; people celebrated,
and I did ‘The Godfather Part II’, which you got another, but I’m due on this
one”.
As per
‘Variety’, the 84-year-old acting giant was pinned down on what he now
considers the favorite role of his career. And he offered a teasing take on a
part that is yet to be seen, his leading role in a recently wrapped ‘King Lear’
adaptation.
There
were some mixed feelings in seeing ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ afresh, he told the
audience in Santa Monica. “A lot of those people who I was playing with, my
fellow acting partners, a lot of them are gone. And when you see it on a
massive screen, it’s sort of great”, he said, within moments of the end credits
rolling.
“Sidney
(Lumet) was such a great director, and so I marvel at the things he did and all
the performances, especially the girls and the people in the bank, and of
course John Casale. The woman who played my mother is Judith Malina, who
started off-Broadway, and she was such a great theater director and actress and
such an inspiration for me”, he added.
