Man on Wire

Name: Man on Wire
Duration: 1 h 34 min

1hr 34m

1hr 34m
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A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974,… More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

James Marsh

Producer:

Simon Chinn, Nick Fraser, Andrea Meditch

Release Date:

Aug 29, 2008

Runtime:

1hr 34m

Synopsis

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".

Cast

Annie Allix
Jean François Heckel

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Based on 31 Critics

8.2

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Universal acclaim based on 144 Reviews

The most miraculous thing about Man on Wire is not the physical feat itself, 1,350 feet above the ground, but that as you watch it, the era gone, the World Trade Center gone, the movie feels as if it's in the present tense. That nutty existentialist acrobat pulled it off. For an instant, he froze time.

David Edelstein

New York Magazine (Vulture)

100

One of the most wildly entertaining docs of recent years.

Robert Koehler

Variety

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