Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Philippe Petit, Jean Francois Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, David Forman, Alan Welner, Mark Lewis |
| Director |
James Marsh |
| Music | Michael Nyman, J. Ralph |
| Cinematography | Ignor Martinovic |
| Editing | Jinx Godfrey |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Discovery Film, BBC Storyville, UK Film Council, Wall to Wall, Red Box Films |
Official Site | IMDB page
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer  it's riveting stuff | 20 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz | 20 | |
| Cape Times Kenneth Turan | 20 | |
| The Citizen Peter Feldman | 14 | |
| Box Office Chad Greene | 13 |  |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert . Philippe Petit was arrested and eventually found guilty. The charge: Disturbing the peace. | 20 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson But perhaps it’s more appropriate to regard this story as something of a fairy tale anyway, one whose incredible events existed out of time and somehow escaped the prosaic demands of gravity and reality. | 20 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli Man on Wire is a fascinating time capsule: a combination of talking-head interviews, actual footage, and re-creations that evokes a kinder, gentler world and provides insight into one of the most audacious stunts of the 20th century. | 15 | |
| Metacritic.com 31 critics | 18 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 140 critics | 17 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer James Marsh's doc about artist Phililppe Petit's artful caper brings you every ounce of suspense that can be wrung from a man on a (suspended) wire. | 20 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 6952 Netizens Fascinating and Magical | 16 | |
Average .. 89% | 18 | |