
Man on Wire
“Man on Wire,” directed by James Marsh, is a documentary that chronicles the daring and illegal high-wire walk by Philippe Petit between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. The film combines archival footage, reenactments, and interviews to capture the meticulous planning and audacious spirit behind what has been called “the artistic crime of the century.”
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Documentary
Director: James Marsh
Actors: Alan Welner, Annie Allix, Barry Greenhouse, David Forman, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Jim Moore, Mark Lewis, Philippe Petit
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Company: BBC Storyville, Discovery Films, UK Film Council
Awards: Won 1 Oscar, 46 wins & 13 nominations total
Budget: 1,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $5,258,569
Duration:
1h 34minRelease: 2008
Release Date: 2008-08-01
IMDb: 7.7
TMDB: 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Metacritic: 89
FilmAffinity: 7.4