Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary directed by James Marsh, recounting French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's unauthorized 1974 walk on a cable rigged between the roofs of the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The film combines interviews with Petit and his collaborators, archival footage and stylized dramatic reenactments to reconstruct the elaborate, clandestine planning behind the walk, presenting it in the structure of a heist thriller rather than a straightforward biographical account. Man on Wire won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and is widely regarded as a landmark in blending documentary interview material with dramatized reconstruction.
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Original Language Original Language AwardAcademy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film 1 AwardSundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary 1 AwardSundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary 1 Partially Attested
CountrySourced to the subject's own accountWikidata (P495) also lists United States as a co-production country; the quoted text only directly establishes British national-film status, so United States is not yet cited here. Release Year Connections
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Source Man on Wire (Wikipedia)
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Source Man on Wire (Wikipedia)
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- Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, originated there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, originated there.
- Also in Language Atlas: English, original language there.
- Also in Language Atlas: French, original language there.
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1. Wikidata: Man on Wire
Wikidata Q1417721, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Man on Wire (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead sentence, Wikipedia article
Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh.
Body text, awards paragraph
In February 2009, the film won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary.
In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. It is based on Petit's 2002 book, To Reach the Clouds,
Created By: James Marsh, Article lead sentence
Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh.
View the Source Man on Wire (Wikidata)
Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Wikidata P166: Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Wikidata P166 (award received): Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.
Wikidata P166: Sundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary
Wikidata P166 (award received): Sundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary.
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