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Man on Wire
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. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who love audacious true stories, charismatic artists, and suspense built from an already-known outcome.
- Tone
- adventurous, whimsical, tense
- Payoff
- wonder, inspiration
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- ambition, artistic obsession, risk, defiance, spectacle
- Setting
- 1970s, urban skyscraper and performance spaces
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