Dead Man’s Wire
- Friday January 30, 2026 4:00 PM
- Friday January 30, 2026 6:00 PM
- Friday January 30, 2026 8:00 PM
- Saturday January 31, 2026 2:00 PM
- Saturday January 31, 2026 5:00 PM
- Sunday February 01, 2026 12:00 PM
- Sunday February 01, 2026 2:00 PM
Directed by Gus Van Sant
R; 105 minutes
“With terrific chutzpah, black-comic flair and cool, cruel unsentimentality, screenwriter Austin Kolodney and director Gus Van Sant have made a true-crime suspense thriller...tapping into the spirit of both Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon and Network.” —Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
Set in 1977 and based on a true story, Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård), a former real estate developer, uses a shotgun fitted with a dead man’s switch to hold hostage the mortgage banker who did him wrong (Dacre Montgomery), demanding $5 million and a personal apology. The film also features performances by Colman Domingo, Cary Elwes, Kelly Lynch, and Al Pacino.
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