Cinema 100

I had never heard of Phillipe Petit or his exploits until I saw him interviewed by Australian Andrew Denton on his show Enough Rope. This French high wire artist has achieved the most scary guerrilla feats including crossing Notre Dame, Sydney Harbour Bridge and most famously the Twin Towers.

This film sets out in almost thriller terms using real footage and seamless recreations his crossing of the Twin Towers not once but eight times. Being afraid of heights its just unbelievable to me somebody could not only do this but also not want to stop. I was afraid for him the whole time although I knew he survived.

"Man on Wire" won the Audience Award and was named best documentary at Sundance 2008. Ebert gave it 4 stars and its score is 8.3 on IMDB.

Highly recommended.