Check out our video review of the film, Dead Man’s Wire, which had its North American premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Gus Van Sant’s (To Die For, Elephant, Milk) latest film, Dead Man’s Wire, recreates the strange, fascinating true story of the 1977 kidnapping that made aspiring Indianapolis entrepreneur Tony Kiritsis into an eccentric outlaw folk hero.

Here’s the synopsis:

It is February, 1977. Having fallen behind on his mortgage and, as a result, lost the commercial property he’d dreamed of developing, aspiring Indianapolis entrepreneur Tony Kiritsis (Skarsgård) shows up for a meeting with Meridian Mortgage Company president Richard Hall (Dacre Montgomery). Tony expected to meet Hall Sr. (Pacino), but the Meridian founder is enjoying a luxury vacation in Florida, a fact that only stokes Tony’s ire.

Starring Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, and Al Pacino.

It is the feature screenwriting debut of Austin Kolodney (Funny Or Die).