{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Dead Man's Wire Q&A with Austin Kolodney","description":" This week on On Story, we\u2019re joined by screenwriter Austin Kolodney for a conversation on the historical crime thriller Dead Man\u2019s Wire.  The film is based on the true story of a 1977 kidnapping carried out by Tony Kiritsis. Kiritsis believed that his mortgage broker, Richard O. Hall, was conspiring to unjustly seize Kiritsis\u2019 property for himself. On a cold February morning in 1977, Kiritsis went to Hall\u2019s office and wired the muzzle of a sawed-off shotgun to Hall\u2019s neck. The trigger of the gun was connected to Hall by a \u201cdead man\u2019s wire\u201d meaning that if Hall tried to run, or if anyone tried to intervene in the crime, the gun would fire, and Hall would be killed. Kiritsis\u2019 demands were clear: he wanted five million dollars, freedom from prosecution, and an apology.  But before we travel back to 1977, we recommend you follow On Story wherever you get your podcasts. Are you under the gun trying to finish your screenplay? With a wide range of experience writing across film and television, our guests are here to help. ","author_name":"Austin Film Festival's On Story","author_url":"http:\/\/austinfilm.libsyn.com","html":"