Dead Man’s Wire ending explained: Tony Kiritsis turns a hostage crisis into a live spectacle, forcing an apology and control.
Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Austin Kolodney, Dead Man’s Wire is based off the documentary Dead Man’s Line.
The ’70s-set hostage thriller Dead Man’s Wire moves with a lightness and swiftness that belies the volatile life-or-death standoff at its center. Directed by Gus Van Sant, the film has a pep in its ...
In real life, Kiritsis went to Hall's office in Indianapolis and wired the muzzle of a shotgun to the back of his head. Kiritsis connected the wire to the trigger, with the other end around Hall's ...
NPR's Scott Simon asks director Gus Van Sant about his new movie, "Dead Man's Wire," based on a true story of a 1977 kidnapping.
Dead Man's Wire takes Van Sant back to the '70s in a picture that recalls Dog Day Afternoon.