A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

Legendary filmmaker Gus Van Sant returns from a 7-year hiatus with this true crime thriller that dramatises the events of a 1977 hostage crisis with “black-comic flair and cool, cruel unsentimentality.”

Starring Bill Skarsgard, Cary Elwes, Al Pacino, Myha'la, Colman Domingo and Dacre Montgomery.

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 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.”

This is a preview screening, meaning you get to watch this film before its general release!

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.