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- On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Man on Wire has a 100% approval rating based on reviews from 159 critics, with a weighted average score of 8.40/10; the website's critical consensus states: "James Marsh's doc about artist Phililppe Petit's artful caper brings you every ounce of suspense that can be wrung from a man on a (suspended) wire".
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Aug 4, 2008 · “Man on Wire” is about the vanquishing of the towers by bravery and joy, not by terrorism. We meet Philippe Petit, a French wire-walker, magician, unicyclist and street performer, who tells us he was sitting in a dentist’s office when he saw a drawing of the proposed towers and knew he was destined to conquer them.
Using actual footage from the event seamlessly mingled with new re-enactments, filmmaker James Marsh masterfully recreates high-wire daredevil Philippe Petit's 1974 stunt: performing acrobatics...
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- James Marsh
- PG-13
- Documentary
Dec 14, 2012 · “Man on Wire,” one of the most talked-about documentaries of the year, tells the story of how a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit illegally walked on a tight wire between the two towers of the World Trade Center on Aug. 7, 1974. It won the audience award and the best documentary prize at Sundance 2008, and is a superb film that works ...
'Man on Wire (2008)' interviews those involved in Petit's audacious high-wire stunt, blending together testimonies, archival footage and re-enactments into a narrative structure that more closely resembles a heist film than a 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.
- Annie Allix
- James Marsh
Exhilarating docu about high-wire feat has some edgy scenes. Read Common Sense Media's Man on Wire review, age rating, and parents guide.
With Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix. 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".
