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: January 9, 2026 Starring: Al Pacino, Bill Skarsgård, Colman ...

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 continues the mass-media-meets-violence conversation of 'To Die For,' but doesn't have much to say about this true-life gunman who blasted his rage on the news.

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

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