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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[Adriano Vilas Bôas]

'But somehow I'm very bad at growing money. And I don't care... I know how to live with nothing.' And later: 'It's the most impossible profession in the world. I am the most stupid man, to have become a wire-walker. But again, I didn't choose it. It chose me. So here I am - a prisoner of something I love.'

Phillipe Petit

[Kerensky287]

seven asses

[alucard1931]

This man has balls made of an element undiscovered by the Periodic Table.

[MrDingdang13]

er, no they didn't

[popdrinkers]

which is why nobody will remember your name

-achilles

[stevensimone]

10 bucks says he cant do this today

[gr8xman7]

THIS MAN IS ON WWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRREEEEE­. By Alicia Keys.

[LittleLadhops]

ascension by x-ray dog

[ege1emre]

and Laden destroyed everything.

[Jamie O'Grady]

So basically, if he fell he was toast...... French toast hahahahahahah!!!