It’s a mid-August afternoon in New York and Sidney Lumet is talking about his next film. He’s not behind the camera for what most directors would consider the best of reasons.

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The 1975 film was based on a real-life Brooklyn bank robbery that escalated into a hostage situation and a media circus. Lumet's interview originally aired in 1998; Pacino's was broadcast in 2024.