The power of the dream. It's the late 1960's. A French wire-walker sits in a dentist's waiting room and sees a newspaper article about the planned construction of The World Trade Center. He draws a wire across the image of the Twin Towers. So captivated and so eager, he rips out the page---and leaves before his appointment---with a toothache. He knows what he has to do.
Phillipe Petit does realize this dream. It will take proper planning, patience and deception---for him--the most difficult aspects. The simple part will be walking across the two towers a quarter mile in the air.
Yes, it did happen on August 7, 1974---the same week President Nixon resigned---and this is the story.
How did Petit's crew fool everyone? How did they get all of that equipment up to the top? How did they initially get the cable across the two towers?
Even better than the conflicts are the mind-blowing photos and footage of the walk--which lasted nearly an hour!
Rightfully so, "Man On Wire" was named Best Documentary at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was given the Audience Award. Petit and his crew tell the story all over again. Their lives have never been the same.
I can't stop thinking about this film.
