I am sure that I am not alone in having seen countless photos of a tightrope walker making his way between the two World Trade Center towers. I never knew who the man was, when it happened or the story behind it until watching the documentary Man On Wire.
The man is Phillippe Petit, a street performer and tightrope walker from France who spent years planning the illegal adventure. The flick documents a bit of his earlier life as well as some of his earlier adventures, but focuses mostly on his trip between the towers and the reaction to it back in 1974. Well worth the look.
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