Man On Wire
It had all the glamor, conspiracy, and danger of a classic heist movie, but it was real — and the hero was wearing slippers. Philippe Petit‘s unauthorized walk on a high wire between the World Trade Center towers transfixed the world in 1974, and it’s now the subject of the documentary “Man on Wire.” Kurt visits the site of the walk (now Ground Zero) with Petit and director James Marsh.
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