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Title Man on Wire
Theatrical Release Date
  • 2008-07-25
DVD release date
Running time
  • 94 min., 90 min. (Sundance Film Festival)
Language
  • English, French
Country of Origin
  • USA, UK
Genre
  • Documentary
Plot summary
  • A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century."

Plot keywords
Locations
  • N/A
Studio
  • Discovery Films
  • British Broadcasting Corporation
  • Red Box Films
  • UK Film Council
  • Wall to Wall
Actors
  • Philippe Petit
  • Jean-Louis Blondeau
  • David Demato
  • David Foreman
  • David Rolan Frank
  • Barry Greenhouse
Actresses
  • Ardis Campbell
Directors
  • James Marsh
Producers
  • Simon Chinn
  • Victoria Gregory
  • Andrea Meditch
  • Maureen A. Ryan
Writers
  • N/A
Composers
  • J. Ralph
Awards
  • Audience Award - 2008 Sundance Film Festival, World Cinema-Documentary
  • Grand Jury Prize - 2008 Sundance Film Festival, World Cinema-Documentary
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