In an interview conducted during the run of Man on Wire at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, director James Marsh explained that he was drawn to the story in part because it immediately struck him as "a heist movie." He and accomplices then tucked themselves away in the buildings on August 6, 1974, to prepare for the big event. He never just "walked" on a wire. Click on the “Options ”, it opens up the settings page.

[11] On Metacritic, Man on Wire has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim. [8] Responding to questioning as to why the towers' destruction in the 2001 attacks is not mentioned in the film, Marsh explained that Petit's act was "incredibly beautiful" and that it "would be unfair and wrong to infect his story with any mention, discussion or imagery of the Towers being destroyed. "Man on Wire" won the Audience Award and was named best documentary at Sundance 2008.

For the album by PNC, see, Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, The Composer's Cut Series Vol. Everlasting Arms: The Sustained Power of The Night of the Hunter, Welcome to Judgment City: A Look Back at Defending Your Life, The West Wing Returns for an HBO Max Special. Petit has performed high-wire walks around the world, and a 2008 documentary based on his twin towers walk, Man on Wire, won awards and critical praise.

TCMDb Archive Materials View all archives (0) DVDs from TCM Shop. Watch Now For Free Featured Browse more ... Emmy Awards; Venice Film Festival; Toronto Film Festival; Tribeca; All Events; News & Community. In late 1973, Petit traveled to New York City. Before he went to New York, however, Petit took on several other amazing tightrope challenges.
Petit has gathered a motley crew, including a pot-addled musician and an executive who actually works in an office in one tower. [6] In February 2009, the film won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. His assistants feared they could be arrested for trespassing, manslaughter or assisting a suicide. Yves Saint Laurent was best known as an influential European fashion designer who impacted fashion in the 1960s to the present day.

In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

He took his talents to the city streets, performing for tourists.
Official theatrical movie poster (#1 of 2) for Man on Wire (2008). The title of the film is taken from the police report that led to the arrest (and later release) of Petit, whose performance had lasted for almost one hour. Though the site's famous twin towers fell during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, Petit said he was pleased about the new construction at the World Trade Center. As the scene develops, I realized I was watching an early stage in the construction of the towers. Gustave Eiffel was a French engineer who designed and oversaw construction of the Eiffel Tower. Then he walked between the towers of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia. He explains how a wire can move: Up and down, sideways, laterally, and it also can sometimes twist.

"Man on Wire," directed by James Marsh ("Wisconsin Death Trip"), has access to all of Petit's film, video and photographs of the assault on the towers. TCM Messageboards Post your comments here ADD YOUR COMMENT> share: Remind Me. To visit the site, Petit assumed a number of disguises, including being a reporter and a construction worker. AN AWARD WINNING MULTI PLATFORM MEDIA COMPANY. 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh, This article is about the film.

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The film's producer Simon Chinn first encountered Philippe Petit in April 2005 on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, after which he decided to try to acquire the film rights to his book, To Reach the Clouds. The film is crafted like a heist film, presenting rare f… On the morning of August 7, Petit stepped onto the tightrope, which was suspended between the two towers.

Marsh is dealing with an event almost 30 years old, and when he shows the same people at two stages of their lives, I assume either the younger or the older one is the actor, but I couldn't always be sure which.

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They did it, anyway.

As Jean François, one of Petit's collaborators later said, "It may have been illegal...but it wasn’t wicked or mean.

Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

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