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MFAH Films at Discovery Green: Man on Wire
Free admission
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Directed by James Marsh
USA, 2008
Color
94 Minutes
Show Times:
Sat., Jun. 6 8:00 PM
Discovery Green
1500 McKinney
"James Marsh´s brilliant documentary on a Frenchman´s 1974 high-wire walk between the twin towers has the pace of a thriller and the human interest of a psychological drama. They say that seeing is believing, but Man on Wire will make you doubt what your eyes are telling you — it really will — as you shake your head in amazement and awe. A rare double winner of both Sundance´s jury prize and its audience award for world documentary, this exhilarating film treats French aerialist Philippe Petit´s Aug. 7, 1974, walk between the twin towers of New York´s 110-story World Trade Center as if it were a daring bank robbery. This is a police procedural, if you will, about what´s been called the artistic crime of the century." — Los Angeles Times
"To me, it´s really so simple, that life should be lived on the edge. You have to exercise rebellion. To refuse to tape yourself to the rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge. Then you will live your life on the tightrope." — Philippe Petit
People can bring chairs, picnics, blankets, dogs, children, bug spray to Discovery Green. They cannot bring alcohol or glass containers of any kind. Beer/wine is available for sale at the Lakehouse.
Visit the film´s Web site at www.manonwire.com.
 Click here for directions to and parking instructions for Discovery Green.
Be sure to check back for additional screenings or changes in the Films schedule. You can also contact us with questions about future films at film@mfah.org.
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