Dead Man's Wire (2025)
- Directed by
- Gus Van Sant
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, thriller film, historical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 179 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1977, a man takes a hostage in a standoff with police. The story follows the tense negotiations and the people caught in the crisis.
tenseclaustrophobicgrittyslow-burnsomberrealisticsuspensefulintimate
What happens
Dead Man's Wire is a 2025 American crime thriller film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Austin Kolodney, working with historical consultants Alan Berry and Mark Enochs, who together made the 2018 documentary Dead Man's Line examining the same events. The film is inspired by the 1977 hostage standoff involving Tony Kiritsis. It stars Bill Skarsgård as Kiritsis, alongside an ensemble cast including Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Myha'la, Colman Domingo, and Al Pacino. The film premiered out of competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2025, and was given a wide theatrical release on January 9, 2026, by Row K Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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