From ‘Drugstore Cowboy’ and ‘Good Will Hunting’ to ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ Gus Van Sant Reflects on Over 40 Years of Feature Filmmaking

After amassing a filmography of acclaimed movies that have been based on or inspired by true events and real-world stories, ...
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Gus Van Sant on the eerie parallels between ‘Dead Man’s Wire’ and the Luigi Mangione case

Dacre Montgomery and Bill Skarsgard in Gus Van Sant's 'Dead Man's Wire' The real life incident portrayed in the film was something Van Sant had never heard of, "even though they interrupted ...
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Gus Van Sant on His Comeback Film ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ the Unintentional Movies He’s Made and Why He Still Thinks About River Phoenix All the Time

Gus Van Sant is still moving. “I think a lot of the films I’ve made, even unintentionally, have been based on real things,” Van Sant says with his familiar mix of understatement and curiosity. “That’s ...

Dacre Montgomery on his all-or-nothing career, ‘Dead Man's Wire’ and stepping away from Hollywood after ‘Stranger Things’

There’s a particular way Dacre Montgomery answers questions. He’s not evasive, but circuitous, like someone walking the ...
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Gus Van Sant’s ‘Dead Man’s Wire’ unveils new trailer as Bill Skarsgård draws some Oscar shine

Gus Van Sant is back — and critics are wired. The Oscar-nominated director's latest film, Dead Man’s Wire, made its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival following an ...

Why Bill Skarsgard Cut His Acting Break Short for ‘Dead Man’s Wire’

It might be entirely masochistic,” admits Skarsgard, who was on hiatus after ‘Nosferatu’ when the Gus Van Sant film came up.
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‘Dead Man's Wire' Review: Bill Skarsgard Does His Strongest Work to Date in Gus Van Sant's Stylish and Gripping '70s Throwback

Gus Van Sant is in top form with Dead Man's Wire, a riveting true-crime dramatization of a hostage incident from 1977, during which Indianapolis man Tony Kiritzis, claiming that his mortgage broker ...
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‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Review: Gus Van Sant’s Burn-It-All-Down Crime Film Has Sympathy for the Kidnapper

Venice: Bill Skarsgård stars as an aggrieved antihero who takes his mortgage broker hostage in a pleasingly punchy ‘70s throwback that struggles to maintain momentum. “Exploded” can be taken literally ...
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Wednesday creators worked on a pre-Robert Downey Jr. Iron Man script for a year – and the studio wanted Tom Cruise to play Tony Stark

The creators behind Wednesday have revealed that they worked on an Iron Man script years before Robert Downey Jr. stepped into the Marvel role – and Tom Cruise was once floated as a potential top pick ...