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Man on Wire

Cast

Philippe Petit, Jean Francois Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix View All

Crew

James Marsh (Director), Philippe Petit (Writer) View All

Release: Jul. 25th, 2008

Runtime: 1 hour, 34 minutes

On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.

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tramp
What is so incredibly entertaining about a documentary like this is that this story is always just one slip from tragedy but we know it won't turn out that way..

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mark f
Perhaps, I'll raise my rating next time, but this is still a recommendation for a film which somehow left me feeling as if I was missing a little something.