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Man on Wire

In 1974, a young French wire walker gave New Yorkers the shock — and show — of their lives, when he spent an hour on a tightrope strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. This documentary examines exactly how he managed to pull the stunt off in spite of the tight security at the WTC.

94 minutes, Parental Guidance (Nudity)
Crime, Documentary, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Philippe Petit, Jean Francois Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, David Forman, Alan Welner, Mark Lewis
Director	James Marsh
Music	Michael Nyman, J. Ralph
Cinematography	Ignor Martinovic
Editing	Jinx Godfrey
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2008
Produced by	Discovery Film, BBC Storyville, UK Film Council, Wall to Wall, Red Box Films
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarDiane de Beer	15
Die BurgerJeanne Calitz	20
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	20
The CitizenPeter Feldman	14
International Media
Box Office (USA)Chad Greene	13
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	20
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	20
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	15
Metacritic.com31 critics	18
RottenTomatoes.com140 critics	17
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	20
Internet (IMDB)6952 Netizens	16

Average .. 87%	17

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