Dead Man’s Wire

Directed by Gus Van Sant
United States
2025
104 mins
Gus Van Sant (Milk) directs Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery and Al Pacino in this thrilling, true account of a 1977 hostage standoff. Venice 2025.

In February 1977, Indiana property developer Tony Kiritsis tied a shotgun trigger wire around the neck of mortgage broker Richard Hall (Dacre Montgomery, Stranger Things). Claiming to have been betrayed in a land deal, Kiritsis held Hall hostage in his grungy apartment while a media circus formed outside. Interrogating social and economic issues that are even more relevant and corrosive today, this pulsating thriller stars an electrifying Bill Skarsgård (Nosferatu) as the suddenly famous little guy who feels his American Dream has been stolen by morally bankrupt elites. Al Pacino brings the spirit of his American Spectacle hostage classic Dog Day Afternoon with him in a memorable role as Hall’s calculating father.

Unabashedly inspired by the best crime dramas from the 1970s, including Dog Day Afternoon, The Sugarland Express, Network, and Badlands, and can stand proudly alongside them.
Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com

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  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 15+
  • Country
    USA
  • Language
    In English
  • Director
    Gus Van Sant
  • Producer
    Cassian Elwes, Mark Amin, Sam Pressman, Tom Culliver, Andrea Bucko, Billy Hines, Veronica Radaelli, Matt Murphie, Paula Paizes, Joel David Moore, Remi Alfallah, Noor Alfallah, Sienna Oberman, Gordon Clark
  • Cast
    Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Al Pacino
  • Screenwriter
    Austin Kolodney
  • Cinematographer
    Arnaud Potier
  • Editor
    Saar Klein
  • Genre
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Australian Distributor: Madman Entertainment
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