Man on Wire 2008 Watch Free in HD

Philippe Petit

13 August 1949, Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France

12 February 1922, North Bergen, New Jersey, USA

Shawn Dempewolff-Barrett

19 November 1966, Stamford, Connecticut, USA

James Marsh

30 April 1963, Truro, Cornwall, England, UK

Philippe Petit

13 August 1949, Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France

Philippe - Drama Reconstructions

Played by: Paul McGill

Jean-Louis - Drama Reconstructions

Played by: David Demato

Annie - Drama Reconstructions

Played by: Ardis Campbell

Jean-Fran

Played by: Aaron Haskell

David - Drama Reconstructions

Played by: Shawn Dempewolff-Barrett

Alan - Drama Reconstructions

Played by: David Roland Frank

The Admirer - Drama Reconstructions

Played by: Megan Delay

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The erasure of the towers adds poignance and irony to a documented event that is inherently thrilling and beautiful.

October 18, 2008

Suite101.com

Despite a known outcome, James Marsh's documentary offers sublime thrills - grafting the tense suspense of a heist film onto an existential dissection of artistic accomplishment and true friendship.

September 19, 2010

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Common Sense Media

Exhilarating docu about high-wire feat has some edgy scenes.

November 03, 2015

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Film.com

In this exhilarating, palm-moistening documentary by British filmmaker James Marsh (Wisconsin Death Trip), the twin towers are back to celebrate one of their finest moments.

November 10, 2008

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What Culture

The pains of the public eye are acknowledged just as much as the joy this artistic endeavour brought people.

April 08, 2011

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Christian Science Monitor

By any rational gauge, Petit's WTC obsession was flat-out crazy, but Marsh takes a limpid, nonjudgmental view of it all.

October 18, 2008

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Filmcritic.com

...cheekily irreverent

September 30, 2015

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Houston Chronicle

Though we know how it ends, it unfolds with suspense. And though it lacks any discussion of the towers' destruction, it succeeds as a tribute to their birth.

October 18, 2008

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AV Club

It's a story worth telling, yes -- but after 90 minutes, it's hard not to wonder if the storyteller can talk about anything else.

October 18, 2008

LarsenOnFilm

...captures the mysterious beauty of Petit's obsession, without ever being so gauche as to 'explain' it.

October 01, 2015

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Washington Post

It all makes for an absorbing, mischievously amusing yarn, whose climax unfolds with unexpected emotional force.

May 07, 2009

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