AT THE TRIPLEX: 'Attica!' at 50 - The Berkshire Edge

AT THE TRIPLEX: 'Attica!' at 50 - The Berkshire Edge

“Attica!” The word conjures a small town in western New York—and, more infamously, the 1971 prison uprising that ended in bloodshed. But for most people, “Attica!” calls to mind Al Pacino, hair damp with sweat, storming a Brooklyn sidewalk in “Dog Day Afternoon,” shouting the word until the crowd roars it back. “Dog Day Afternoon,” 1975. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. That chant—one of cinema’s most enduring lines—wasn’t in the script. When Sidn…