Man On Wire

‘Man on Wire’ is a documentary from British director James Marsh (‘Wisconsin Death Trip’, ‘The King’) which tells the strangely uplifting tale of eccentric French wire-walker Philippe Petit and his near-impossible dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers. Shortly after 7.15am on August 7 1974 – when the buildings were not yet fully completed – Petit, after months of clandestine planning, ‘danced’ on a high wire for 45 minutes. When asked why he did the stunt, he replied that there was no reason.