TV Guide: Online Video Guide Man On Wire

Man on Wire: Clip

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

A ten minute clip courtesy of Empire for Man on Wire, a film that takes a look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Centre's Twin Towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century."

Man on Wire: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman called Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire suspended between New York's twin towers, then the world s tallest buildings. After an hour dancing on the wire, with no safety net or harness, he was arrested and thrown into an underground prison. Until that moment no one but Petit and his team of accomplices, who had spent months planning their illegal 'coup' (as they referred to it amongst themselves) knew anything about it. Born out of a dream and an idea, Petit and his team of accomplices spent eight months planning the execution of their 'coup' in the most intricate detail. Like a team of professional bank robbers planning their most ambitious heist, the tasks they faced seemed virtually insurmountable: they would have to find a way to bypass the WTC's security; to smuggle the wire and rigging equipment into the towers; to suspend the wire between the two towers; to secure the wire at the correct tension to withstand the winds and the swaying of th

Man on Wire

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:28:35 -0500

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."

Man on Wire

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:48:55 -0500

Man On Wire

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:49:58 -0500

On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York s twin towers, then the world s tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released. James Marsh s documentary brings Petit s extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of Philippe himself, and some of the co-conspirators who helped him create the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as the artistic crime of the century.