

Man on Wire
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $3M
- Language
- English
- judge
- 1970s
- juggler
- based on true story
- street artist
- jail
- fame
- hiding
- tower
- tightrope
- world trade center
- notre dame cathedral
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival22 Jan 2008
- TheatricalPG-1329 Aug 2008
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A1 Aug 2008
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)14A1 Aug 2008
AustriaAT
- Digital / OTT621 Oct 2008
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical (limited)151 Aug 2008
GermanyDE
- Theatrical622 Jan 2009
GreeceGR
- Theatrical25 Mar 2010
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1212 Jul 2008
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG13 Jun 2009
NorwayNO
- Physical121 Aug 2008
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/65 Mar 2009
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1229 Oct 2015
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Man on Wire was released on 1 August 2008.
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CinemaSerf
6/4/2025
If you ever saw “Spills and Chills” (1949) then you’ll get a sense of mankind’s obsession with doing daft things at great altitude. This takes that audacity just one step further as it introduces us to French acrobat Philippe Petit who has designs on the ultimate on American daftness. He is going to string some high wires between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York and set off into the middle for so…
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