Facing foreclosure, he took Hall hostage on Feb. 8, 1977, as revenge, tying a wire around his neck attached to a shotgun that could go off if Hall made a sudden movement—hence the movie’s title Dead Man’s Wire. The movie traces Hall’s kidnapping and the aftermath and how Kiritsis captivated Indianapolis over the three days as he marched Hall to the Indiana Statehouse and then hijacked a police car to drive Hall to his apartment, which he claimed was filled with explosives.