FILM: Man on Wire
Yesterday I watched Man on Wire, a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh.
[As taken from wikipedia] The film chronicles Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center. It is based on Philippe Petit’s book, To Reach the Clouds, recently released in paperback with the new title Man on Wire.
The film is crafted like a heist film, presenting rare footage of the preparations for the event and still photographs of the walk, alongside reenactments (with Paul McGill as the young Petit) and present-day interviews with the participants.
It competed in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary and the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary. In February 2009, the film won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film, the Independent Spirit Awards and the Academy Award for Best Documentary.
From me….Philippe Petit made three notable wire walks; at Notre Dame in Paris, across a bridge in Australia (pictured below) and between the former Twin Towers in NYC. Ya gotta watch the trailer, and then put the film in your Netflix queue.
