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Man on Wire documentary

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Original title

Man on Wire

Year

2008

Running time

94 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

James Marsh

Screenwriter

James Marsh

Cast

Philippe Petit

Music

Michael Nyman, J. Ralph

Cinematography

Igor Martinovic

Producer

Co-production United Kingdom-United States;

Magnolia Pictures. Producer: Simon Chinn, Victoria Gregory

Genre

Documentary

Synopsis

Documentary about the feat of French tightrope walker Philippe Petit who, on August 7, 1974, illegally managed to walk on a wire stretched between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. Petit spent eight months in Manhattan planning the execution of his feat. Aided by a team of friends and accomplices, he faced numerous extraordinary challenges: he had to find a way to circumvent WTC security; smuggle in the heavy steel cable, anchor it and tension it to withstand the winds and the swaying of the buildings. The assembly was carried out at night in absolute secrecy. After the feat was completed, he was arrested by the police, but the exhibition was considered by some to be "the artistic crime of the century".

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Awards: 2008: Oscar Awards: Best Documentary

2008: BAFTA Awards: Best British Film. Nominated for Best Debut (Simon Chinn)

2008: Sundance: Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema - Documentary), Audience Award

2008: Toronto: Best Documentary

2008: National Board of Review: Best Documentary Of the Year

2008: Film Critics Circle of New York: Best Documentary

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