Man on Wire

Name: Man on Wire
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-08-01
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, David Forman

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

Man on Wire (2008)

Timing: 1:34 (94 min)

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Release date

2008-08-01

Country

United Kingdom

Production

UK Film Council, Red Box Films, BBC Storyville, Wall to Wall, Discovery Films

Genre

Documentary

Budget

$1 000 000 000

Revenue

$5 248 547 000

Website

http://www.manonwire.com/

Director

James Marsh

Actors

Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, David Forman, Alan Welner, Barry Greenhouse, Jim Moore, Mark Lewis
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Scenario

Philippe Petit

Producer

Simon Chinn, Nick Fraser, Jonathan Hewes, Andrea Meditch

Operator

Igor Martinović

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Editing

Jinx Godfrey
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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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