Dead Man's Wire
His revolution was televised.
In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Worldwide
- $2M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.
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Box Office & Release
Dead Man's Wire returned 0.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $13M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Jan 9, 2026
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Cyprus, Germany
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