Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.
- judge
- 1970s
- juggler
- based on true story
- street artist
- jail
- fame
- hiding
- tower
- tightrope
The bill
- David Forman — Himself
- Alan Welner — Himself
- Barry Greenhouse — Himself
- Jim Moore — Himself
- Mark Lewis — Himself
- Richard Nixon — Self (archive footage)
- Directed
- James Marsh
- Written
- Philippe Petit
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 991 ratings
- Studio
- Red Box Films, Discovery Films, BBC Storyville, UK Film Council, Wall to Wall
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
