Man on Wire (2008)
Directed by James Marsh · 94 min · Documentary
67.5 TOPICAL score · #879 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Man on Wire (2008, directed by James Marsh) has a TOPICAL score of 67.5 - ranked 879 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 3 awards from 4 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 89. Audiences: TMDB 7.4/10 (1,005 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10. Wikipedia covers it in 25 languages.
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 89
- AudienceTMDB 7.4/10 (1,005 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10
- Awards3 wins, 4 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film; Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary; Sundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 25 languages
- Still read10,749 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix
“As of 2022, it is one of only six documentary films to ever sweep "The Big Four" critics awards (LA, NBR, NY, NSFC) and the only one of those to also win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10