by raza
19. October 2008 18:51
Even though I saw two other movies but only one deserves mention.
Man On Wire (2008)
A documentary detailing the attempt to walk across the two towers of World Trade Center. The only problem was that the WTC wasn't built yet and even if it was he wasn't allowed to do such a thing.
Phillipe Petit was high-wire walker in France. One day he saw an add in the newspaper that said that two towers will be built in New York that will be the tallest in the world. Immediately he found his purpose, he knew they were being built for him to walk across them. Only that the actual construction had just started and it will take a few years for it to complete.
When the construction reached a terminal stage and the top floors were soon to be completed, he along with a bunch of friends traveled to New York many times to plan how they were going to:
1. Get to the top floor
2. Put a high-wire across
3. Walk across that high-wire before getting arrested
They did all three and they way they did it is a story to be told.
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