DEAD MAN’S WIRE
WORLD PREMIERE – Venice Out of Competition
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE – TIFF Special Presentations
Directed by GUS VAN SANT
Starring BILL SKARSGÅRD, DACRE MONTGOMERY, COLMAN DOMINGO, AL PACINO,
CARY ELWES, MYHA’LA, JOHN ROBINSON
The morning of February 8, 1977, Anthony G. “Tony” Kiritsis, 44, 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 Tony’s own neck. 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
Screenwriter: Austin Kolodney
Producers: Cassian Elews, Noor Alfallah, Remi Alfallah, Mark Amin, Andrea Bucko, Tom Culliver, Joel David Moore, Matt Murphie, Paula Paizes, Sam Pressman
Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Colman Domingo, Al Pacino, Cary Elwes, Dacre Montgomery, Myha’la, John Robinson
Sales: WME
USA