Fresh
It all makes for an absorbing, mischievously amusing yarn, whose climax unfolds with unexpected emotional force.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Man on Wire
1974. 1350 feet up. The artistic crime of the century.
2008 · 1h 34m · PG-13
Documentary
Directed by
James Marsh
Overview
On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In this exhilarating, palm-moistening documentary by British filmmaker James Marsh (Wisconsin Death Trip), the twin towers are back to celebrate one of their finest moments.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
The erasure of the towers adds poignance and irony to a documented event that is inherently thrilling and beautiful.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
By any rational gauge, Petit's WTC obsession was flat-out crazy, but Marsh takes a limpid, nonjudgmental view of it all.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
Though we know how it ends, it unfolds with suspense. And though it lacks any discussion of the towers' destruction, it succeeds as a tribute to their birth.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
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