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 |
| distributor: | Icon Film Distribution, Tour De Force AS, Diaphana Distribution, Vértigo Films, Cinéart, Castello Lopes Cinemas |
