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| Genre/Form: | Documentary films Feature films Nonfiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Animated films Historical reenactments (Motion pictures) Biographical films Biographical (Nonfiction) Biographical (Nonfiction.) Biography Biografía |
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| Named Person: | Philippe Petit |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Marsh; Simon Chinn; Philippe Petit; Michael Nyman; J Ralph; James Ricketson; Discovery Films.; BBC Storyville (Firm); UK Film Council.; Wall to Wall (Firm); Red Box Films.; Magnolia Pictures (Firm); Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm); Scholastic Entertainment, Inc.; Weston Woods Studios. |
| OCLC Number: | 252904015 |
| Language Note: | In English and French with English subtitles; optional Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Notes: | Based on the memoir: To reach the clouds by Philippe Petit. Originally produced in 2007. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Igor Martinovic ; film editor, Jinx Godfrey ; music by Michael Nyman, J. Ralph. |
| Performer(s): | Philippe Petit. |
| Awards: | Academy Award for Documentary Feature, 2008. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexuality, nudity, and drug use. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD; Region 1; NTSC; Widescreen format (1.78:1) ; Dolby digital 5.1 or Dolby digital 2.0. |
| Contents: | Special features (ca. 43 min.): Philippe Petit -- Sydney, 1973 (a film by James Ricketson) (20 min.) -- Man on wire: An interview with Philippe Petit (ca. 13 min.) -- The man who walked between the Towers (Scholastic ; Weston Woods Studios presents) [animated film] (c2005, ca. 10 min.). |
| Other Titles: | Philippe Petit - Sydney, 1973. Man who walked between the towers. |
| Responsibility: | Magnolia Pictures ; Discovery Films, BBC Storyville, and the UK Film Council present ; a Wall to Wall production, in association with Red Box Films ; executive producer, Jonathan Hewes ; executive producer for BBC, Nick Fraser ; executive producer for Discovery Films, Andrea Meditch ; directed by James Marsh ; produced by Simon Chinn. |
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Abstract:
"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.
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