Man on Wire Trailer

http://www.manonwire.com/ On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released.

Following six and a half years of dreaming of the towers, Petit spent eight months in New York City planning the execution of the coup. Aided by a team of friends and accomplices, Petit was faced with numerous extraordinary challenges: he had to find a way to bypass the WTC's security; smuggle the heavy steel cable and rigging equipment into the towers; pass the wire between the two rooftops; anchor the wire and tension it to withstand the winds and the swaying of the buildings. The rigging was done by night in complete secrecy. At 7:15 AM, Philippe took his first step on the high wire 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan...

James Marsh's documentary brings Petit's extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of Philippe himself, and some of the co-conspirators who helped him create the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as "the artistic crime of the century."

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[NexisFilms]

@crapcrap86

Couldn't have said it better .

If You saw something like this in the theater , You would call it Hollywood - exaggeration .

But we forget that reality is always stranger than fiction !

( Why does Petit remind me of Alex DeLarge ?! LOL )

[georgef76]

He deserves a medal or something. How could he do it , he is freak of nature . Was so gald i watched this on tv the other night, instead of all the other 9/11 things. But why isn't this so popular , i only first heard about him now? They need to make a movie in the cinema on this He was on there to for nearly 1 hour.

[TheLegendOfRandy]

@tpuppy78 Thanks for the response, very well said. I love cinema, but this doesn't seem like a piece I would particularly enjoy. Just glad to finally understand what the mass appeal of this movie is all about.

[tpuppy78]

@TheLegendOfRandy It's inspirational in that Petit is a man with a dream that consumes him and he must act upon it. When I saw the film, I was really inspired too...not to walk between buildings, good lord no; but to stop listening to people who say something can't be done.

[tpuppy78]

@Nadia2015 They sneaked into the building to pull it off; with no permission from the building owners for it, they'd be at best trespassing.

[2010EKLIPS]

ROTTEN TOMATOES, U R FULL OF SHIT 4 DRAGGING ME HERE...

[Drummer1285]

@NexisFilms I thought the exact same thing (about Alex) throughout the whole movie! But it was great.

[TheShivoli]

amazing amazing amaziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

[anubisgothlord]

Damn, that guys got more balls than Genghis Khan.

[ValleysOfMe]

@JJpmfc AH ok thanks

[mikeman9412]

@NexisFilms They look similar I guess :P

[Nadia2015]

why is it illegal?