Man on Wire (2008)
• August 1st, 2008 • 1h 34min
Documentary
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Plains: Testimony of an Ethnocide
Released on: 1971-06-01
Documentary
A documentary on the massacre of Planas in the Colombian east plains in 1970. An Indigenous communit...
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution
Released on: 2023-12-16
Documentary, Music
From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco...
Pouvoir Oublier
Released on: 2025-05-30
Documentary
Pouvoir Oublier is a political documentary first constructed from the words of the speakers whose li...
1979: Big Bang of the Present
Released on: 2019-12-10
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measur...
Pirates of the Airwaves
Released on: 2014-07-27
Documentary, Drama, TV Movie
In 1966 a group of determined young men defied the New Zealand government and launched a pirate radi...
Inside Deep Throat
Released on: 2005-02-11
Documentary
In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep ...
Thot-Fal'N
Released on: 1978-06-27
Documentary
This film describes a psychological state "kin to moonstruck, its images emblems (not quite symbols)...
Diana: In Her Own Words
Released on: 2017-08-06
Documentary
Using home videos recorded by her voice coach, Diana takes us through the story of her life.
The Society of the Spectacle
Released on: 1974-05-01
Documentary
Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
Into Great Silence
Released on: 2005-09-04
Documentary
An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...
Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare
Released on: 2017-10-13
Documentary
A filmmaker's lifelong dream quickly becomes his worst nightmare when he attempts to make a low budg...
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
Released on: 2005-08-24
Music, Documentary
Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and f...
Lost for Life
Released on: 2013-06-22
Crime, Documentary
A documentary about juveniles who are serving life in prison without parole and their victims' famil...
DFW Punk
Released on: 2008-08-07
Documentary, Music
DFW Punk, covering the Dallas/Ft. Worth punk/new wave scene. If you thought Texas in the late ’70s w...
Jesus Christ Saviour
Released on: 2008-05-15
Documentary
Klaus Kinski has perhaps the most ferocious reputation of all screen actors: his volatility was docu...
Salty Dog Blues
Released on: 2012-01-01
Documentary
The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronic...
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Released on: 2025-02-05
Documentary, Music
The individual journeys of the four members of the band, as they move through the music scene of the...
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Released on: 2006-08-04
Documentary
In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produ...
Fuel
Released on: 2008-11-14
Documentary, Drama
Record high oil prices, global warming, and an insatiable demand for energy: these issues define our...
Bukowski: Born Into This
Released on: 2003-01-18
Documentary
Director John Dullaghan’s biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski, Bukowski: B...