Man on Wire

Name: Man on Wire
Director: James Marsh
Released: 2008

James Marsh

audacity and human achievement artistic expression and performance defiance of authority meticulous planning and preparation passion overcoming obstacles

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Synopsis

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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→ Frozen (2013)