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See production notesOn August 22, 1972, first-time crook Sonny Wortzik and his friends Salvatore "Sal" Naturile and Stevie attempt to rob the First Brooklyn Savings Bank. The plan immediately goes awry when Stevie loses his nerve and flees. Sonny discovers they arrived after the daily cash pickup which left only $1,100 in cash at the bank. Sonny takes the bank's traveler's checks and burns the register in a trash can. When smoke raises suspicion outside, the building is surrounded by police. The two panicked robbers take the bank employees hostage. Police Detective Sergeant Eugene Moretti calls the bank, and Sonny threatens to kill the hostages. Sal assures Sonny he is ready to kill if necessary. Sonny releases an asthmatic security guard as a display of good faith. Moretti convinces Sonny to negotiate outside, and their dialogue culminates in Sonny's shouting "Attica!" to cheers from the crowd. Sonny lists his demands: a vehicle to the airport so they can board a jet, pizzas for the hostages, and to see his wife at the bank. Sonny's lover Leon Shermer reveals the robbery was intended to pay for Leon's gender reassignment surgery and that Sonny has children with estranged wife Angie. The bank's lights shut off when FBI agent Sheldon takes command of the scene. He refuses to discuss additional requests. Sheldon convinces Leon to talk to Sonny on the phone. Leon had been hospitalized at Bellevue Hospital after a suicide attempt. Leon turns down Sonny's offer to join in their escape. Sonny tells the police Leon wasn't involved with the robbery. Sonny agrees to let the bank's director Mulvaney leave due to his diabetic shock, but he refuses to leave his employees. Sonny comes outside to talk to his mother, who fails to persuade him to surrender, then dictates his will to one of the hostages. He arranges for his life insurance to go to Angie and Leon. Agent Murphy drives Sonny, Sal and the remaining hostages to Kennedy Airport in a limousine. As they wait in the car for their plane to taxi, Sal releases another hostage. Sheldon seizes Sonny's weapon, Murphy shoots Sal in the head with a hidden revolver, Sonny is immediately arrested, and the hostages are freed, while Sal's body is wheeled away. In the aftermath of the film's events, Sonny is sentenced to twenty years in prison, leaving Angie and her children to subsist on welfare. Leon lives as a woman in New York City.
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See all quotesMaria's Boyfriend: He's got my girl in there! Maria! Leon: He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me. Pizza Boy: I'm a fucking star!
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Sonny: Hey, wait a minute, what are you trying to do? Trip the alarm? Use the spare key? Mulvaney: It must have been on my mind. Sonny: Well, you'll get your mind right. I'm a Catholic, and I don't want to hurt anybody, understand? Mulvaney: Yes, sir. Sonny: No alarms! No alarms! Mulvaney: Okay. Sonny: No games, alright? Use the other one.
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Sonny: I don't wanna talk to some flunky pig tryin' to calm me, man. Det. Moretti: Now you don't have to be calling me pig for... Sonny: [notices other officers moving toward him] What is he doin'? Det. Moretti: [shouts at officers] Will you get back there?! Sonny: What are you movin' in there for?! Det. Moretti: [runs toward closing officers] Will you get the fuck back there?! Get back there, will ya?! Sonny: [addresses other cops moving toward him] What's he doin'? Go back there man! He wants to kill me so bad, he can taste it! Huh? Attica! Attica! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica! Sonny: Attica!! Attica!! Remember Attica?!
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Sonny: I'm robbing a bank because they got money here. That's why I'm robbing it. Anchorman: No, what I mean is why do you feel you have to steal for money? Couldn't you get a job? Sonny: Uh, no. Doing what? You know if you want a job you've got to be a member of a union. See, and if you got no union card you don't get a job. Anchorman: What about non-union occupations? Sonny: What's wrong with this guy? What do you mean non-union, like what? A bank teller? You know how much a bank teller makes a week? Not much. A hundred and fifteen to start, right? Now are you going to live on that? A got a wife and a couple of kids, how am I going to live on that? What do you make a week? Anchorman: Well I'm here to talk to you, Sonny... Sonny: Well I'm talking to you. We're entertainment, right? What do you got for us? Anchorman: Well, what do you want to get for it? Do you expect to be paid because... Sonny: No, I don't want to be paid, I don't need to be paid. Look, I'm here with my partner and n
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Sonny: So, Sal, Where do you want to go? Sal: Wyoming. Sonny: Sal, Wyoming, that's not a country.
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Sonny: [after being attacked by Maria's boyfriend] Who the fuck is that?! Moretti: I don't know. He-he's one of the Spanish kids. Sonny: Who's Maria? Moretti: They got her inside.
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