aerialists

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aerialists

Whompers and whammies

the great circus war
1993
A misunderstanding creates a feud between two talented families of trapeze artists.

World famous Muriel

1988
Asked to tightrope walk for the queen's birthday party, Muriel arrives to discover that all the decorative paper lanterns have disappeared and that her detecting skills are needed too.

Starring Mirette and Bellini

1997
After the Great Bellini teaches young Mirette to walk the high wire, she uses her talent to free him from prison, and both resolve to help others become free.

World famous Muriel

1984
Asked to tightrope walk for the queen's birthday party, Muriel arrives to discover that all the decorative paper lanterns have disappeared and that her detecting skills are needed too.

Man on wire

2008
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.

Maud in France

1996
A young girl tells what life is like growing up in the circus and training to become a tightrope aerialist. Includes photographs and information about circuses, past and present.

A very young circus flyer

1979
A nine-year-old trapeze artist tells about his life with a circus.

Mirette & Bellini cross Niagara Falls

2000
With the help of a young immigrant boy they meet on their crossing to America, two famous tightrope walkers manage to survive the treachery of a rival showman.

The man who walked between the towers

2003
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.

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