On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit
stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers,
then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the
wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought
to jail before he was finally released. James Marsh's documentary
brings Petit's extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of
Philippe himself, and some of the co-conspirators who helped him create
the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as "the artistic
crime of the century."
