Man on Wire

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In 1974 Phillipe Petit walked a high-wire between the two towers of the World Trade Center. This hour-and-a-half documentary shows how he planned it and what drew him to the stunt. The enthusiasm of Petit and his crew as they struggle with the logistics of it are what worked best for me about the documentary. Well worth much of the praise it garnered when it came out. The only beef I have with it is towards the end. When they basically add a sex sequence for no reason I can understand. Its like: "And so after the police released me I was famous and then a woman threw herself at me and so we totally did it. A lot. Here is a reenactment of that." Its just such an odd and jarring moment in the film...