Dog, The (Previously Owned DVD)

Condition: Disc Has Some Very Minor Markings. 

Coming of age in the 1960s, John Wotowicz took pride in being a pervert. His libido was excessive even by the libertine standards of the era, with multiple wives and lovers, both women and men.

In August 1972, he attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover's sex-reassignment surgery. The attempted heist resulted in a fourteen-hour hostage situation that was broadcast on TV. Three years later, Pacino portrayed his character instigating the unforgettable crime on the big screen. The award-winning film had a profound influence on Wotowicz; when he emerged from prison six years later, he became known as "The Dog." Filmed over the course of a ten year period by co-directors Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, and interweaving extraordinary archival footage on the robbery, 70s-era interviews and the early gay liberation movement in which

"The Dog" played an active role, the documentary captures the many sides of John Wotowicz's larger-than-life persona: he is by turns lover, husband, soldier, activist, New Yorker, mama's boy and bank robber.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTORS ALLISON BERG AND FRANK KERAUDREN FEATURING DOCUMENTARY CURATOR THOM POWERS
•  DELETED SCENES
•  12-PAGE BOOKLET
• THEATRICAL TRAILER