Yikes! I guess this movie effected me more than I realized as I lay in bed last night having the fear of falling. Every time I closed my eyes, I got the vision of looking from the roof of the worlds tallest buildings, to the ground. On August 7th, 1974, Phillippe Petit walked across a wire cable he had constructed that stretched between the roofs of the World Trade Center twin towers. At one point he even lays down on the wire on his back and even kneels with a salute. While typing the review, I'm getting back that heebie jeebie feeling I went to bed with last night.The movie documents real vintage footage from Phillippe, a Frenchman, who dreamt of walking where no man had walked before. He studied every aspect of the building of the towers and even hid on floor 104 in between watched of the guards men. After 6 years of waiting for the towers completion and over 8 months of planning, by dark his equipment was smuggled into the towers, as he preformed the impossible by constructed, erecting and suspending his cable between the two roof tops. Interviews with friends and members of his team, shed some light into just what drove Phillippe to this feat.
Phillippe was promptly arrested after dancing on the wire for over 45 minutes. 1,350 feet above ground, he walked back and forth between the buildings just out of reach from the law. He was arrested and sent for psychiatric evaluation to determine why he was so willing to die. But Phillippe was determined to show it could be done.
2008 - Man on Wire - Alliance of Women Film Journalists - Best Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - Austin Film Critics - Best Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - Boston Society of Film Critics - Best Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - National Board of Review - Best Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - New York Film Critics Online - Best Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - San Diego Film Critics Association - Best Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - Southeastern Film Critics Association - Best Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association - Best Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - Sundance Film Festival - Audience Award
2008 - Man on Wire - Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Award for Best World Cinema Documentary
2008 - Man on Wire - Washington D.C. Film Critics Association - Best Documentary
Magnolia Pictures
Director: James Marsh
Producer: Simon Chinn
I viewed 12/08
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