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NONFICTION TEXT/FILM PAPER due SUNDAY 11/24  

View the film “Dog Day Afternoon” (1975), directed by the great Sidney Lumet — you can access the Movie in our content area. Write a cohesive Paper that incorporates answers to the following questions and directives:

- Is your chosen Sentence for the DB of 11/17 reflected anywhere in the movie? 

- Is the tone that you determined exists in the Life magazine article apparent in the film or do you perceive a different tone?

- This film was a big hit and is considered one of the best of the 1970 Hollywood Film Renaissance Period. Name two mise en scene elements that you believe consistently contributes to the success of the film. [A reminder that the elements of mise en scene are acting, sets, props, costumes, make-up and lighting.]

- Based on the Textbook definitions of Strategies for Non-Fiction adaptations, which strategy (or strategies) do you think was used for this adaptation?

- How do we get a two-hour movie from a two-page magazine article? Read all of screenwriter Frank Pierson’s two-page comment and all of the information on the web page devoted to the film’s director, Sidney Lumet and some of the actual screenplay to come up with the information to answer this question.