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WIN Man On Wire

Posted by admin On June - 20 - 2009

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On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit, a French wire walker, juggler, and street performer days shy of his 25th birthday, spent 45 minutes walking, dancing, kneeling, and lying on a wire he and friends strung between the rooftops of the Twin Towers. Uses contemporary interviews, archival footage, and recreations to tell the story of his previous walks between towers of Notre Dame and of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, his passions and friendships, and the details of the night before the walk: getting cable into the towers, hiding from guards, and mounting the wire. It ends with observations of the profound changes the walk’s success brought to Philippe and those closest to him.

Read the FilmGuide review.

To go in the draw to win on of two Man On Wire DVDs (thanks to the good guys at Madman), leave a comment below telling us if you think Philippe Petit is a criminal or an artist.

This competition is now closed, congratulations to Aaron & Laetitia our two lucky winners.

121 Comments

  1. Monica says:

    70% artist, 30% criminal

  2. schwarz says:

    an artist

  3. George Bowles says:

    An artist. and truly inspiring person.

  4. Sandra says:

    artist

  5. An artist with the ‘thrill seeking’ energy of a crim!

  6. Richard Bracken says:

    Criminal

  7. Di says:

    definitely an artist with a streak of adventurism!

  8. Phil says:

    artist.

  9. Sheryl says:

    Definitely an artist!

  10. Karen says:

    Artist for sure.

  11. Rebecca Hill says:

    An artist (with no fear!)

  12. kiwilayla says:

    In the tradiotion of Salvador Dali or Oscar Wilde – the artist as outrageous and stirring against convention…….. not everyone has the front to play those parts…….. and mr or miss average is just labelled as criminal for trying to do so…….. without managing the orchestration of the publicity that makes the endeavour into “art”

  13. Jess Harrison says:

    An artist!

  14. Meredy says:

    definitely an artiste!

  15. Bron says:

    A passionate artist who’s art defies the law.

  16. Aaron says:

    Definately an Artist… with balls..

  17. anna says:

    artist

  18. Kylie Walker says:

    No doubt about it. An artist and a brave one at that.

  19. KellyG says:

    artist. hes not doing any damage, if he does, it will only be to himself(and whatever he falls on)

  20. Laetitia says:

    artist

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