MAN ON WIRE
by James Marsh
synopsis
The French artist Philippe Petit’s daring high-wire walk across New York’s newly built World Trade Centre twin towers in 1974, and his consequent arrest for what would be known as the “artistic crime of the century.”
international title: | Man on Wire |
original title: | Man on Wire |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | The Works International |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | docu-fiction |
directed by: | James Marsh |
release date: | UK 01/08/2008, DE 22/01/2009, NO 20/02/2009, PT 05/03/2009 |
cast: | Ardis Campbell, David Demato, David Frank, Aaron Haskell, Paul McGill |
cinematography by: | Igor Martinovic |
film editing: | Jinx Godfrey |
art director: | Sharon Walthall |
costumes designer: | Kathryn Nixon |
producer: | Simon Chinn, Maureen Ryan, Victoria Gregory |
production: | UK Film Council, Red Box Films |
distributor: | Icon Film Distribution, Tour De Force AS, Diaphana Distribution, Vértigo Films, Cinéart, Castello Lopes Cinemas |