Gus Van Sant revives a stranger-than-fiction ’70s hostage standoff with jittery energy, dark humor, and period grit.

Dead Man's Wire Movie Clip - Getting Started - US Release Date 9, 2026 Starring: Al Pacino, Bill Skarsgård, Colman Domingo, ...

In real life, Kiritsis went to Hall's office in Indianapolis and wired the muzzle of a shotgun to the back of his head.

Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire is based on the 1977 Tony Kiritsis hostage crisis in Indianapolis. Explore the real story ...

Dead Man's Wire, a new film starring Bill Skarsgård, is a retelling of the Tony Kiritsis hostage standoff that took place in ...

Dead Man's Wire' is a welcome return for Gus Van Sant, thanks largely to a delightfully gonzo performance from Bill Skarsgård ...

Central to Kiritsis’s kidnapping scheme was this homespun “dead man’s line,” where the muzzle of a short-barrelled shotgun ...