The World

Man on Wire

Philippe Petit’s unauthorized walk on a high wire between the World Trade Center towers transfixed the world in 1974. The Oscar-nominated documentary “Man on Wire” depicts how an acrobat and a rag-tag team of friends pulled off this extraordinary feat. Kurt visits the site of the walk (now Ground Zero) with Petit and director James Marsh.

Arts, Culture & Media

(Originally aired: July 25, 2008)

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