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'Stranger Things' alum Dacre Montgomery happy 'Dead Man's Wire' plays like a '70s classic
The film portrays the 63-hour 1977 hostage crisis where Tony Kiritsis held a mortgage broker at gunpoint amid economic hardship, highlighting themes of desperation and institutional neglect.
- On Jan. 16, Dead Man's Wire opens in theaters nationwide, directed by Gus Van Sant and now playing in cinemas.
- In 1977, the Indianapolis standoff saw Tony Kiritsis hold mortgage broker Richard Hall at gunpoint for 63 hours, rigging a shotgun to a 'dead man's wire' during live prime-time television coverage.
- Bill Skarsg�rd and Dacre Montgomery lead an ensemble that includes Al Pacino, Cary Elwes and Colman Domingo, with nearly 100 financiers backing 24 production companies, 14 producers and 63 executive producers.
- Nearly 50 years on, the incident retains local resonance as Gus Van Sant, director, reframes the episode as a drama about desperation while the Pulitzer-winning photo by John H. Blair deepens its news impact.
- Shot largely in sequence, the production let actors build momentum as Dacre Montgomery used the chronological shooting method to sustain emotional continuity during the 105 minutes runtime.
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