Man on wire.
Publisher number: MMA2861 | Madman EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Summary language: English Publication details: Australia : Madman Entertainment, 2008.Edition: Widescreen editionDescription: 1 DVD-video (94 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmUniform titles:- Man on wire (Motion picture)
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- Produced by Simon Chinn ; directed by James Marsh. Director of photography, Igor Martinovic ; film editor, Jinx Godrey ; music, Michael Nyman.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| DVD | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | DVD | MAN | Available | 067120 |
"Discovery Films, BBC and the UK Film Council present a Wall to Wall production in association with Red Box Films"--Container.
"MMA2861"
Audio Commentary by director James Marsh, producer Simon Chinn & Executive Producer Jonathan Hewes--Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Study Guide.--Interview with Philippe Petit--Original theatrical trailer--SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE CROSSING - a short film by James Ricketson.
Based on the book "To reach the clouds", by Philippe Petit.
Madman Entertainment: MMA2861.
Special features: Philippe Pettit's Sydney Harbor Bridge crossing (James Ricketson; 1973) -- Philippe Petit interview -- The man who walked between the Towers (animated short film).
Produced by Simon Chinn ; directed by James Marsh. Director of photography, Igor Martinovic ; film editor, Jinx Godrey ; music, Michael Nyman.
Philippe Pettit.
1974. 1350 feet up. The artistic crime of the century. A daredevil, a maverick, a dreamer, an artist: Philippe Petit is all of these things and more. On a slightly windy day in the summer of 1974, a lone figure appeared high above the heads of the people of Manhattan, balancing perfectly on a high wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. For almost an hour, the performer danced on the wire, ignoring the pleas from police to get down, simply rejoicing in his artistic expression. This "coup" marked the culmination of several months of planning, during which Petit and his rag-tag bunch of conspirators would become implicated in a feat considered "the artistic crime of the century". MAN ON WIRE is a spectacle of human achievement, tenacity and sheer amazement, in which archival footage and dramatic re-enactment are used to tell the story of Petit and his rebellious team of artistic innovators.
A look at the high-wire walk made by Philippe Petit in 1974 between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, and how it is still considered one of history's most artistic crimes.
Rated: PG.
PAL ; region 4.
In English and French with English subtitles.
