Man On Wire

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Details: 2008, UK, Cert 12A, 118 mins, Documentary, Dir: James Marsh

With: Philippe Petit

Summary: A documentary chronicling Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, wire-walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in 1974

Philip French

It was illegal, illogical and just a little dangerous - and makes Man on Wire a riveting documentary
Peter Bradshaw

In 1974, Philippe Petit shocked New York with his World Trade Centre high-wire act. It makes a riveting film, says Peter Bradshaw

Phelim O'Neill

The strong narrative turns this into the documentary equivalent of a heist thriller, says Phelim O'Neill
Rob Mackie

An engrossing and imaginative documentary about the scarcely credible wire-walk, says Rob Mackie

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N Barry Greenhouse was the inside man who helped a petite Frenchman plan his tightrope walk between the twin towers in 1974. As the film of the coup, Man On Wire, graces our critics' poll of the best films of 2008, Ben Walters meets him
Man on Wire for hire

Philippe Petit is most famous for tightrope walking between the twin towers. But, finds Ben Walters, he makes a pretty good street performer too
Film trailer: Man on Wire

This is a trailer for Man on Wire - a documentary chronicling the events surrounding Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, wire-walk between the twin towers of the not-yet-completed World Trade Centre in 1974
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Philippe Petit perpetrated the "artistic crime of the century". And he still can't say exactly why he did it, he tells Damon Wise

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