Man on Wire
Year: 2008
Country: UK, USA
Director: James Marsh
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 94 min.
Age: 18+
Country: UK, USA
Director: James Marsh
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 94 min.
Age: 18+
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
Awards & Festivals:
Academy Award – Best Documentary
Sundance Film Festival – Audience Award (World Cinema – Documentary), Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema – Documentary)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – Best Documentary
Los Angeles Film Festival – Audience Award (Best International Feature)
BAFTA Award – Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
British Independent Film Award – Best British Documentary
Cinema Eye Honors Award – Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in Production, Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Documentary
European Film Award nomination – Best European Documentary
Gotham Award nomination – Gotham Independent Film Award (Best Documentary)
International Documentary Association – IDA Award (Feature Documentary)
PGA Award (Producers Guild of America) – Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Satellite Award – Best Motion Picture (Documentary)
