Philippe Petit, a French tightrope walker, stepped out on a high wire illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, which were then the world's tallest buildings, on August 7, 1974. He was arrested after nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the Manhattan sidewalks. Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement is documented in this entertaining and enthralling documentary.
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Philippe Petit, a French tightrope walker, stepped out on a high wire illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, which were then the world's tallest buildings, on August 7, 1974. He was arrested after nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the Manhattan sidewalks. Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement is documented in this entertaining and enthralling documentary.
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