Story about Man on Wire / 偷天钢索人 / 钢丝奇人 / 钢索上的人 / 走钢丝的男子 / 走钢丝的人
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between...
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 tower in 1974, what some conider, "the artistic crime of the century."
On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit, a French wire walker, juggler, and street performer days shy of his 25th birthday, spent 45 minutes walking, dancing, kneeling, and lying on a wire he and friends strung between the rooftops of the Twin Tower. Uses contemporary interviews, archival footage, and recreation to tell the story of his previous walks between tower of Notre Dame and of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, his passion and friendships, and the details of the night before the walk: getting cable into the tower, hiding from guards, and mounting the wire. It ends with observation of the profound changes the walk's success brought to Philippe and those closest to him.