In Sidney Lumet’s Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon characters “behave like windscreen wipers” (p208).
Lumet directed this film during a span when his Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express, Dog Day Afternoon and Network were nominated for a combined 24 Academy Awards.
He was alleged to have served the junta by participating directly in its Dirty War against political opponents, dissidents, and activists, under the name Miguel Angel Cavallo and pseudonym "Serpico." He served with the G322 secret operations.
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Under the name Miguel Angel Cavallo and pseudonym "Serpico", he served as an officer of the National Reorganization Process (El Proceso), the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983.
Finally, after being shot in the face during a drug bust on February 3, 1971, he testifies before the Knapp Commission, a government inquiry into NYPD police corruption between 1970 and 1972.
The film stars Michael Sarrazin in the title role, along with rising stars Margot Kidder of Superman, Jennifer O'Neill, star of Summer of '42, and Cornelia Sharpe, best known for her part in Serpico.
The film was released the year after the successful cop movie Serpico (also based on a true story).
The probe was sparked by revelations from two police officers, Patrolman Frank Serpico, and Sergeant David Durk.
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Three theaters were opened in Lincoln shortly thereafter: the Cinema Twin, in September 1971 (first showing Summer of '42 and Le Mans), Douglas 3, in March 1973 (first showing 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Sting and Serpico) and Plaza 4, in April 1973.
In 1976 David Birney starred as Serpico in a TV-movie called Serpico: The Deadly Game (also known as "The Deadly Game"), broadcast on NBC.
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Francesco Vincent Serpico (born April 14, 1936) is a retired American New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who is most famous for blowing the whistle on police corruption in the late 1960s and early 1970s—an act of valor that compelled Mayor John V. Lindsay to appoint the landmark Knapp Commission to investigate the NYPD.
Jim Serpico is the American co-founder, along with Denis Leary of Apostle, a production company in New York City, specializing in television production.
The shop was seen in the film Serpico, in the thirteenth episode (Season One) of Law and Order (A Death in the Family) and very briefly in Mean Streets as well as The Brave One.
He is perhaps best known for writing the lyrics for the tune Speak Softly Love, the love theme from the 1972 film The Godfather, however he has also written lyrics to many other movie themes, including A Time for Us from the 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, Murder on the Orient Express, Mommie Dearest, Rosemary's Baby and Serpico.