Man on Wire
1974. 1350 feet up. The artistic crime of the century.
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.
- 7.4
- 2008
- Released
- 1h 34m
Philippe Petit
Himself
Jean François Heckel
HimselfJean-Louis Blondeau
HimselfAnnie Allix
HerselfAlan Welner
HimselfBarry Greenhouse
HimselfJim Moore
Himself
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Released
en
$2,957,978.00
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- #1970s
- #juggler
- #street artist
- #jail
- #fame
- #hiding
- #tower
- #tightrope
- #world trade center
- #notre dame cathedral
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If you ever saw “Spills and Chills” (1949) then you’ll get a sense of mankind’s obsession with doing daft things at great altitude. This takes that audacity just one step further as it introduces us to French acrobat Philippe Petit who has designs on the ultimate on American daftness. He is going to string some high wires between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York and set off in