MOVIE
Man on Wire
1974. 1350 feet up. The artistic crime of the century.
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Man on Wire in its release era
Released in 2008, Man on Wire sits inside the 2000s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 2008-08-01
- Rating
- PG-13
- TMDB score
- 7.4/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Kingdom
- Studio
- Red Box Films, Discovery Films, BBC Storyville
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This title is available from the shared catalog, but it is not published as an index-targeted page for this specialty edition.