Man on Wire

June 15

Come and join us for our weekly FREE movie night at Chiang Mai Holistic, every Saturday, between 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm at Chiang Mai Holistic. Free popcorn provided 🙂

Playing this week: Man on Wire
Director: James Marsh
Year of release: 2008

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”.

Using actual footage from the event seamlessly mingled with new re-enactments, filmmaker James Marsh masterfully recreates high-wire daredevil Philippe Petit’s 1974 stunt: performing acrobatics on a thin wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Plotting his feat like a master cat burglar, Petit enlists the help of a motley group of friends as he calculates every detail, from acquiring building access to stringing up the wire, and manages to pull off an astounding crime.