Dog Day Afternoon - Accolades

Accolades

Dog Day Afternoon won the Academy Award for Writing – Original Screenplay (Frank Pierson) and was nominated for other Oscars:

• Best Picture (Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand)
• Best Director (Sidney Lumet)
• Best Actor in a Leading Role (Al Pacino)
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Chris Sarandon)
• Best Film Editing (Dede Allen)

The film was also nominated for the following seven Golden Globes, winning none:

• Best Motion Picture – Drama
• Best Director – Motion Picture (Sidney Lumet)
• Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama (Al Pacino)
• Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (Frank Pierson)
• Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (Charles Durning)
• Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (John Cazale)
• Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture – Male (Chris Sarandon)

The film won other awards, including an NBR Award for Best Supporting Actor (Charles Durning) and a Writers Guild Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen (Frank Pierson) as well as the British Academy Award for Best Actor (Al Pacino). The film is also #70 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills list. Also Al Pacino's quote, "Attica! Attica!" placed at #86 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes. It was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies in 1998 and 2007. In 2006, Premiere magazine issued its "100 Greatest Performances of All Time", citing Pacino's performance as Sonny as the 4th greatest ever.

In 2009, it was named to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and will be preserved for all time.