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Format:
Video disc
Title:
Man on wire
Publication:
Los Angeles, California : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2008]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally produced in 2007.

Based on the memoir: To reach the clouds by Philippe Petit.

Aspect ratio 1.78:1.

Special features (approximately 43 min.): Sydney Harbor Bridge crossing (1973) (a film by James Ricketson) (20 min.) -- Man on wire: an interview with Philippe Petit (approximately 13 min.) -- The man who walked between the Towers ([presented by] Scholastic; Weston Woods Studios) [animated film] (©2005, approximately 10 min.).
Contents:
Special features (approximately 43 min.): Philippe Petit -- Sydney, 1973 (a film by James Ricketson) (20 min.) -- Man on wire: An interview with Philippe Petit (approximately 13 min.) -- The man who walked between the Towers (Scholastic ; Weston Woods Studios presents) [animated film] (c2005, approximately 10 min.).

"On August 7th, 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the New York World Trade Center's Twin Towers. After dancing for nearly an hour on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail, before finally being released. This extraordinary documentary incorporates Petit's personal footage to show how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to achieve the artistic crime of the century" -- Container.
Summary:
"On August 7th, 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the New York World Trade Center's Twin Towers. After dancing for nearly an hour on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail, before finally being released. This extraordinary documentary incorporates Petit's personal footage to show how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to achieve the artistic crime of the century"--Container
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexuality, nudity, and drug use.
Personal Subject:
Added Title:
Philippe Petit-- Sydney, 1973.

Man who walked between the towers.
Electronic Access:
Official website http://www.manonwire.com/
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