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📅 2008 ⏱ 1h 34min PG-13 Released FHD / 4K

Man on Wire

"1974. 1350 feet up. The artistic crime of the century."

Documentary

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.

🎬 DirectorJames Marsh

📅 Release2008-08-01

🌍 CountryUnited Kingdom

🗣 LanguageFrench, English

🏢 StudioRed Box Films, Discovery Films, BBC Storyville

🗳 Votes952

🔥 Popularity1

💵 Revenue$2,957,978

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🎭 Cast

Philippe Petit

Himself

Jean François Heckel

Himself

Jean-Louis Blondeau

Himself

Annie Allix

Herself

David Forman

Himself

Alan Welner

Himself

Barry Greenhouse

Himself

Jim Moore

Himself

Mark Lewis

Himself

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

🎥 Crew

Director James Marsh

Writer Philippe Petit

Producer Simon Chinn

Executive Producer Nick Fraser

Co-Producer Victoria Gregory

Executive Producer Jonathan Hewes

Executive Producer Andrea Meditch

Co-Producer Maureen A. Ryan

Music Michael Nyman

Music J. Ralph

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🏷 Keywords

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💬 Reviews

CinemaSerf ⭐ 6/10

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 se…