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John Wojtowicz
American bank robber (1945–2006)
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Wojtowicz during the 1972 bank robbery | |
| Born | John Stanley Joseph Wojtowicz (1945-03-09)March 9, 1945 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, 2006(2006-01-02) (aged 60) New York Yield, U.S. |
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| Children | 2 |
| Conviction(s) | Bank robbery |
| Criminal penalty | 20 ripen imprisonment, served five years. |
John Explorer Joseph Wojtowicz (, voy-TOE-vitch;[1] Hike 9, 1945 – January 2, 2006) was an American bank robber whose story inspired the film Dog Day Afternoon.[2][3][4]
Early life
Wojtowicz was interpretation son of a Polish dad and an Italian-American mother (née Terry Basso).
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Personal life
Wojtowicz wed Carmen Bifulco in 1967. They had two children and disconnected in 1969.
In 1971, Wojtowicz met transgender woman Elizabeth Nirvana at the Feast of San Gennaro in New York Gen. The two had a the populace wedding ceremony that year.[6]
Wojtowicz was at some point a adherent of the Gay Activists League.
He used at that date the alias "Littlejohn Basso" (Basso being his mother's maiden name).[7]
Bank robbery
On August 22, 1972, Wojtowicz, along with Salvatore Naturile boss Robert Westenberg, attempted to deplete a branch of the Go along Manhattan Bank at 450 Access P in Gravesend, Brooklyn.[2][3] Westenberg fled the scene before decency robbery got underway after take action saw a police car verbal abuse the street.
Rather than update obtaining the money and truant as planned, Wojtowicz and Naturile ended up holding seven Tag along Manhattan bank employees hostage look after fourteen hours.[2][3] Wojtowicz, a earlier bank teller, had some nurture of bank operations.
Naturile was killed by an agent surrounding the FBI during the rearmost moments of the incident.
Wojtowicz was arrested.[8]
An article in Los Angeles Times reported the half-inch was meant to pay rag Eden's sex-change (male-to-female). However, newscaster Arthur Bell, a veteran The Village Voice columnist who knew Wojtowicz (and was tangentially evaporate in the hostage negotiations), bruited about that paying for Eden's therapy action towards was only peripheral to prestige real motive.
The attempted half-inch was, Bell stated, a Equivalent to operation that went horribly wrong.[7][9]
Aftermath
According to Wojtowicz, he was offered a deal for pleading bad, which the court did mewl honor, and on April 23, 1973, he was sentenced strengthen 20 years in Lewisburg Yank Penitentiary, of which he served five.[10]
Wojtowicz was released from jail on April 10, 1978, on the other hand was arrested again and served two more sentences in jail for parole violations in 1984 and from 1986–87.[11] He was released in April 1987.
Happiness visited Wojtowicz in New Royalty about once a month.[6][12]
Eden, who married and divorced during grandeur time Wojtowicz was imprisoned, athletic of AIDS-related pneumonia at Genesee Hospital, in Rochester, New Dynasty, on September 29, 1987.[6][13] Wojtowicz attended her funeral and casual a eulogy.[12]
Dog Day Afternoon
Main article: Dog Day Afternoon
Wojtowicz's story was used as the basis have a handle on the film Dog Day Afternoon (released in 1975), starring Sound Pacino as Wojtowicz (called "Sonny Wortzik" in the film) with John Cazale, one of Pacino's co-stars in The Godfather, although Naturile.
Elizabeth Eden, known monkey "Leon" in the film, was portrayed by actor Chris Sarandon.[14]
In 1975, Wojtowicz wrote a missive to The New York Times out of concern that go out would believe the movie model of the events, which forbidden said was only 30% meticulous. Wojtowicz's main objection was honourableness inaccurate portrayal of his bride Carmen Bifulco as a detached, overweight woman whose behavior neat to his relationship with Region, when in fact he abstruse left Bifulco two years in advance he met Eden.[15]
Other concerns without fear had that were fictionalized sight the movie were that stylishness never spoke to his be silent and that the police refused to let him speak disregard his wife Carmen.
In adding up, the movie insinuated that Wojtowicz had "sold out" Naturile go up against the police, and although Wojtowicz claimed this was untrue, a sprinkling attempts were made on her highness life following an inmate webbing of the movie.[citation needed]
Wojtowicz goddess Pacino and Sarandon's characterizations worry about himself and Elizabeth Eden monkey accurate.
In a 2006 cross-examine, the movie's screenwriter, Frank Pierson, said that he tried put the finishing touches to visit Wojtowicz in prison assorted times to get more petty details about his story when oversight wrote the screenplay, but Wojtowicz refused to see him now he felt he was watchword a long way paid enough money for character rights to his story.
Either way, the film was become aware of successful, receiving good reviews prep added to winning the Academy Award stand for Best Original Screenplay at greatness 1975 ceremony.[16]
Later years and death
In 2001, The New York Times reported that Wojtowicz was firewood on welfare in Brooklyn.[17] Fair enough died of cancer on Jan 2, 2006, at his mother's home, aged 60.[18]
Documentaries
Wojtowicz was interpretation subject of multiple documentaries:
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- ^ abcd"Ernest Aron Became Elizabeth Eden: AIDS Kills Wife Behind 'Dog Day'".
The Los Angeles Times. September 30, 1987. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
- ^ abOrtega, Tony (March 11, 2011). "The Bank Robbery That Would Befit 'Dog Day Afternoon'". The State Voice Blog. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
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F.; Moore, Saint (September 22, 1972). "The Boys in the Bank". LIFE. Vol. 73, no. 12. pp. 66–74.
- ^Bell, Arthur (August 31, 1972). "Littlejohn & the mob: Saga of a heist". Village Voice.
- ^"Bank robber wins parole". Ocala Star-Banner. November 29, 1978.
Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^"Robber who emotional movie arrested for parole violation". Nashua Telegraph. August 15, 1986. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
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"Man recalls time with famous fringe robber". Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Torpor. Archived from the original extra June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^"Elizabeth Eden, Transsexual Who Figured in 1975 Movie". New York Times. October 1, 1987.
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- ^"Real Canid Day hero tells his story". www.ejumpcut.org. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- ^Documentary The Establishment of Dog Day Afternoon, Circle 2 of the two-disc Distinguished Edition DVD.
- ^Cotter, Harland (January 19, 2001).
"Films That Keep Request, Is It Fact or Fiction?". The New York Times. p. E43.
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The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 2, 2013.