Like what you see? Help directors Allison Berg & Frank Keraudren raise finishing funds--for archival footage, graphics, and more--before their world premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival: bit.ly/TheDogSS In 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to pay for his lover's sex change operation. The story was the basis for the film 'Dog Day Afternoon.' THE DOG captures John, for the first time, telling his story in his own unique, offensive, hilarious and heartbreaking way.