Austin Kolodney on Bringing the 1977 Tony Kiritsis Hostage Crisis to Life in Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire

The Gus Van Sant-directed crime thriller, Dead Man’s Wire, is a gripping film based on the bizarre true story of the 1977 Indianapolis kidnapping that captivated the nation – live on air. The story centers on Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård), a desperate entrepreneur who, feeling cheated out of his property by a mortgage company, takes […]