Release Date

01 Aug, 2008

Runtime

01:34: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

1974. 1350 feet up. The artistic crime of the century.

On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.

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Actors

Philippe Petit

Jean François Heckel

Jean-Louis Blondeau

Annie Allix

David Forman

Alan Welner

Barry Greenhouse

Jim Moore

Mark Lewis

Crew

James Marsh

Igor Martinović

Simon Chinn

Jonathan Hewes

Maureen A. Ryan

Andrea Meditch

J. Ralph

Michael Nyman

Victoria Gregory

Jinx Godfrey

Nick Fraser

Philippe Petit