Overview
- Row K Entertainment released the first full trailer for Dead Man’s Wire, Gus Van Sant’s first feature in seven years.
- The film receives an awards-qualifying run on December 12, opens in select theaters January 9, and expands wide on January 16.
- Bill Skarsgård stars as Tony Kiritsis opposite Dacre Montgomery as Richard “Dick” Hall, with Colman Domingo, Cary Elwes, Myha’la, and Al Pacino in supporting roles.
- The drama adapts the 1977 Indianapolis hostage standoff in which Kiritsis wired a shotgun to his mortgage broker’s head during a roughly 63-hour ordeal.
- Premiered at Venice and screened on the festival circuit to strong notices, the film has drawn comparisons to Dog Day Afternoon and is positioned as an awards contender.