On a slightly windy day in the summer of 1974, a lone figure appeared high above the heads of the people of Manhattan, balancing perfectly on a high wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. For almost an hour, the performer danced on the wire, ignoring the pleas from police to get down, simply rejoicing in his artistic expression. Combining archival footage and dramatic re-enactment Man on Wire is a spectacle of human achievement, tenacity and sheer amazement.
The year was 1974, a young man, Philippe Petit, was about to commit the artistic crime of the century, 1350 feet in the air...
On a slightly windy day in the summer of 1974, a lone figure appeared high above the heads of the people of Manhattan, balancing perfectly on a high wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. For almost an hour, the performer danced on the wire, ignoring the pleas from police to get down, simply rejoicing in his artistic expression. Combining archival footage and dramatic re-enactment Man on Wire is a spectacle of human achievement, tenacity and sheer amazement.
On a slightly windy day in the summer of 1974, a lone figure appeared high above the heads of the people of Manhattan, balancing perfectly on a high wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. For almost an hour, the performer danced on the wire, ignoring the pleas from police to get down, simply rejoicing in his artistic expression. Combining archival footage and dramatic re-enactment Man on Wire is a spectacle of human achievement, tenacity and sheer amazement.
- ISBN:
- 9322225073104
- 9322225073104
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Content Rating:
- Format:
- DVD video
- Region:
- 4 More ...
- Encoding:
- PAL
- Running time:
- 94
- No. Discs:
- 1
- Publication Date:
- 04-02-2009
- Publisher:
- Madman Entertainment
- Country of origin:
- UK, USA
- Year of production:
- 2008
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