Man on Wire

Movie Details

Overview

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”.

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Cast: Alan Welner, Annie Allix, Barry Greenhouse, David Forman, Guy F. Tozzoli, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Jim Moore, Mark Lewis, Philippe Petit

Director: James Marsh

Genre: Biography, Crime, Documentary, History, Sport, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States

Release Year: 2008

IMDB Rating: 7.7 (60692 votes)

TMDB Rating: 7.4 (849 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes: 100

Metacritic: 89

Runtime: 1h 34m

Budget: 5,258,569 USD

Release Date: 2008-08-29

Awards: Won 1 Oscar, 46 wins & 13 nominations total