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
Night and Fog
Released on: 1959-04-27
Documentary, History
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death
Released on: 2021-03-17
Documentary
A tribute to one of Britain's biggest TV stars, telling the story of Caroline Flack's life and the i...
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Released on: 2002-05-10
Documentary
This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboard...
Between the Anvil and the Hammer
Released on: 1973-01-01
Documentary, Crime
A 1973 documentary film from the Central Office of Information about the Liverpool and Bootle Consta...
Rikers
Released on: 2016-11-12
Documentary
This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained...
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Released on: 2020-03-25
Documentary
Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp ...
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...
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...
Old Thieves: The Legend of Artegio
Released on: 2007-03-15
Documentary
Is the story of a generation of thieves who achieved their greatest victories in the sixties; their ...
1970
Released on: 2021-12-10
Documentary, Animation, History
Poland, 1970. When popular protests erupt in the streets due to rising prices, the communist governm...
The Lost World of the Seventies
Released on: 2012-05-13
Documentary
Michael Cockerell sheds new light on the tragi-comedy of the 1970s by focusing on some of its most c...
The Wild Blue Yonder
Released on: 2005-09-05
Science Fiction, Comedy, Documentary
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth...
There Is No Authority But Yourself
Released on: 2006-01-01
Documentary
A Dutch documentary about the history of the anarchist punk band Crass. The film features archival f...
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Released on: 2006-09-15
Documentary
A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed f...
The Last Waltz
Released on: 1978-04-26
Documentary, Music
Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with prob...
Masters of Mayhem
Released on:
Horror, Documentary
For decades Italian genre cinema dominated the world and before changing beyond recognition it went ...
Ask the Sexpert
Released on: 2017-05-01
Documentary
A sex columnist gains popularity even while a ban on comprehensive sex education in schools is adopt...
Shooting for Home
Released on: 2012-12-09
Documentary
Banished from his racially-charged Florida town, African American basketball star Kevin Bradshaw was...
My Life Inside
Released on: 2007-01-16
Documentary
Rosa is a Mexican woman who, at the age of 17, migrated illegally to Austin, Texas. Some years later...