Dog days
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The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius, which Hellenistic astrology connected
Vegetation on Crete dried out by the August heat
A 9th-century astronomical manuscript, including an illustration of the constellation "Canis Major"
"Some Popular Alleviations of the Dog Days in Hotter New-York" in 1904, including children piled into a public fountain "when the 'cop' is not looking".
Orion (right) and Sirius (bottom), as seen from the Hubble Space Telescope
Dog Day Afternoon
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Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick and
Dog days
…The story revolves around a boy named Shinku Izumi, who is summoned to an alternate world where the inhabitants have animal ears and tails. In film, Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Hundstage (German for "Dog Days"; 2001) evoke their oppressive seasonal settings. The 2010 videogame Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days utilizes the…
Theatrical release poster
The Chase branch in 1975
Pacino and Allen, re-entering the bank in a scene