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Digital Cameras - Camcorders - Man on Wire
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Manufacturer: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Starring: Philippe Petit
Directed By: James Marsh
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0876964001564
Format: Color
Label: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-12-09
Running Time: 94
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Summary: Philippe Petit is a daring adventurist and artist with an uncompromising goal.
Comment: This is a dramatic documentary with some history channel re-enactments about an amazing wire-walk from North tower to South, and the incredible set of circumstances, which implies Fates aligned with the universes that night and morning (Slumdog Millionaire has as well Fate as a messege.) Perhaps a Documentary has only a certain number of ways to be done, because it is rather newsy. It certainly needs many, many interviews and actual photographs and film from the event. But I am always revolted by the years gone by where directors rely on these rules like a crutch. An inspiring story that, along with fate, has that messege to chase your dreams; I haven't a problem with versions of a story, but I do with movies that do not feel fresh, and with that romantic energy only passion and intellegence can deliver. This is a documentary like just about any onther you'll find on Digital Cable or else perhaps done better on HBO or those paid channels. Are we still living in a Documentary boom? Have we become desensitized by all the dramas and unveilings of our mysterious world? Petit is a true artist. Walking his step with determination, not living by anyones rules.
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Summary: Magic on Wire
Comment: Determination, patience, obsession, talent, and lots of hard work. These are the words I can think of to describe this wonderful film. The incredible story of Phillipe Petit and his helpers is something to behold. Both the interviews with them and the re-enactetment of their incredible adventure that took place thirty-five years ago are beautifully captured and told. It is pure poetry. Plus, as a bonus, the viewer will be able to watch his previous experiences as well.
This is a most enjoyable experience!
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Summary: Can't Get Higher
Comment: All true. They just don't get better than this one. Funny, surprising, thrilling, touching, thought-provoking.... I can't recommend this too highly.
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Summary: Man on Wire is Spellbinding!
Comment: Man on Wire is technically a documentary but feels like a good drama with humor, suspense and character development. I was only vaguely familiar with the actual history so I was completely blown away by Petit's incredible feats. I originally saw it on the big screen; I think the DVD will be best appreciated on as large a flatscreen as you can get.
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Summary: A documentary equal to its subject
Comment: Imagine this: a man stretches a cable between two buildings at a height of a quarter of a mile, walks out to the middle, and lays down on it. What kind of a man could do such a thing? That is the question director James Marsh asks, and answers, in this superb documentary.
In doing so, he skillfully blends present-day interviews with footage and photographs from the past and re-enactment that is so good it takes most of the film before one realizes that some of these scenes could only have been re-created with actors. This is documentary storytelling at its very best.
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On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire and illegally rigged between the New York's twin towers. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released. This documentary complies Petit s footage to show the numerous extraordinary challenges he faced in completing the artistic crime of the century.
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