Dead Man's Wire (15) | Screening presented with Glasgow Film Festival 2026

We are delighted to be showing director Gus Van Sant's latest drama as part of this year's Glasgow Film Festival. Whilst Glasgow Film Theatre is the home of the festival the festival takes place in multiple venues across the UK. The Festival takes place 25 February to 8 March - view the full programme on their website: Glasgow Film Festival 2026 The morning of February 8, 1977, Anthony G. "Tony" Kiritsis, 44, entered the office of Richard O. Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to the Hall's head. This is the true story of the stand-off that took the world by storm as Tony demanded $5 million, no charges or prosecution, and a personal apology from the Halls for cheating him out of what he was "owed."