Dead Man’s Wire (CTBA)
Gus Van Sant’s latest is the fascinating true story of a 1977 kidnapping that turned an Indianapolis man into a folk hero.
Opening
Fri 20 Mar
Fri 20 Mar
The morning of February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard O. Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun wired with a “dead man’s wire” from the trigger to Hall’s head.
This is the true story of the stand-off that took the world by storm as Tony demanded $5 million, no charges or prosecution, and a personal apology from the Halls for cheating him out of what he was owed.
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Cast
- Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo
- Duration
- 104 min
- Opening
- Fri 20 Mar
- Year
- 2026
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
