All About Al: The Pacino podcast

Author: Mark Searby

All About Al: The Pacino podcast takes a look at the film, TV and stage career of Al Pacino. Presented by film critic and Al Pacino: The Movies Behind The Man author Mark Searby, the podcast will be a deep dive into the work of the iconic actor. Featuring interviews with actors, directors, producers, singers and many more that have worked closely with Pacino through the years. They will discuss what it is like working with the legendary performer.The podcast will also feature film critics and academic scholars from around the world as they discuss the films and themes of Al Pacino's work.All About Al: The Pacino podcast is the ultimate insider's guide to the career of a Hollywood actor who continues to dazzle, inspire and awe audiences the world over. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 62: Dead Man's Wire with Austin Kolodney
Episode 62
Monday, 12 January, 2026

Dead Man's Wire is the true-story about Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgard - Nosferatu, The Crow, IT: Welcome To Derry) who, on February 8th 1977, entered the office of Richard Hall (Dacre Montgomery - Stranger Things, Elvis, Power Rangers), president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck.Directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, My Own Private Idaho, Psycho) and also starring Coleman Domingo (The Running Man, Sing Sing, Rustin), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Saw, Robin Hood: Men In Tights) and Al Pacino (The Godfather, Serpico, The Insider). The film's writer, Austin Kolodney, joins the podcast to discuss what it was like adapting this bizarre true-story for the screen, why his relationship with the film's director Gus Van Sant was so relaxed and where he found the inspiration for the writing of new dialogue for Al Pacino's character M.L. Hall.All About Al: The Pacino Podcast is written, produced and presented by Mark Searby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.