Release Date
December 12, 2025 (LA/NY)
January 16, 2026
January 16, 2026
Director
Gus Van Sant
Writer
Austin Kolodney
Cast
Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, Cary Elwes, Al Pacino
Studio
Running Time
105 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language throughout
What is Dead Man's Wire about?
Based on a true story, the 1977 kidnapping of a prominent banker grips the nation and turns the abductor into an outlaw folk hero. As the media frenzy peaks, the standoff becomes a spectacle of desperation, defiance and blurred justice, which resonates even today.
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In Dead Man’s Wire, a very angry individual takes a bank manager hostage and hooks him up to a shotgun-on-a-wire. Based on a true story and directed by Gus Van Sant, the movie is a well done if somewhat tedious crime-thriller.
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