petit, philippe

In 1974, Philippe Petit assembled a team to help him achieve his dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers.

A high-wire artist traces his six years of planning and training to walk a wire between the towers of the nearly completed World Trade Center in 1974, describing the history-making realization of his goal.

A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.

An account of French aerialist Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the newly completed World Trade Center towers in New York City.

Philippe Petit, a French street performer, tells the story of how he planned and executed a walk on a cable rigged between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. Includes photographs taken by Petit's friends and accomplices.

Philippe Petit's illicit 1974 high-wire walk between the World Trade Center towers is the touchstone for stories of the people down below, including an Irish monk living in the Bronx projects, a Park Avenue mother in mourning for her son who died in Vietnam, and a heroin-addicted hooker.

Presents a fictional story set in the New York City of the 1970s that follows a group of individuals as they attempt to live in this bustling city while dealing with the social issues of their time.

Philippe Petit, a French street performer, tells the story of how he planned and executed a walk on a cable rigged between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. Includes photographs taken by Petit's friends and accomplices.

In 1974 Manhattan, a radical young Irish monk struggles with personal demons while making his home among Bronx prostitutes, a group of mothers shares grief over their lost Vietnam soldier sons, and a young grandmother attempts to prove her worth.

A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.