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Man on Wire

  • August 2008
  • 1hr

    34mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    James Marsh,

    Jonathan Hewes,

    Andrea Meditch,

    Nick Fraser

    ...

    Starring

    Philippe Petit,

    Jean François Heckel,

    Jean-Louis Blondeau,

    Annie Allix

    ...

    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.