BASED ON A TRUE STORY | A DOCUMENTARY BY WALTER STOKMAN

<body> BASED ON A TRUE STORY | A DOCUMENTARY BY WALTER STOKMAN<br> One hot August afternoon in I972 John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn branch of the Chase Manhattan bank. Wojtowicz's stick-up was not simply a foiled heist. it was a protracted farce. An unexpecteclly rapid police response prompted Wojtowicz end his cohort, Salvatore Natuarale to take eight hostages. Cops, crowds and cameras, the robbery was a spectacle that eventually served as the basis for Sydney Lumet's I975 film Dog Day Afternoon. In 'Based on a true Story' we re-live this day in August I972, but now from John Wojtowicz' point of view. </body>