Imagine holding a world record that you know can never be broken lmao.

My favorite part of the story is that at his trial in NYC, the judge sentenced him to community service by performing for the children in the park.

I love how all the authorities were like "that was illegal and we have to arrest you, but...that was pretty cool."

You really have to give Philippe Petit credit. He didn’t do what he did to prove himself brave to to be famous, He did it because it was for the art. To this day he holds the record that can never be broken. Philippe Petit walked across the wire eight times while many would have just done it once.

What amazes me is how he managed to balance with those massive balls

The difference between bravery and stupidity is survival. Had he died, people would laugh and give him Darwin award.

I worked on this movie as a Senior FX Technical Director. I was responsible for the low altitude clouds / mist surrounding Philippe and hugging the ex-twin towers while he doing his daredevil walk on the wire. It was a great experience.

This is the most spectacular, amazing, feat of physical skill I've ever seen!! I visited the top of one of the twin towers, and even from behind the safety of glass, standing on a solid floor, looking down at the streets was scary. Phillipe's performance was super human. Truly.

Well he outlived the towers themselves, what a legend.

The support he had was insane.

I've been rewatching this video every so often because it always reminds me that once a person finds their purpose, nothing and no one can stop them. I'm in my early 20s, and I'm currently still trying to figure out what my purpose in life is. I've reached a point where I'm "good" where I am, but I feel like I'm capable of more. In a sense, I feel stuck. Mostly because I don't know what I want and/or what I'm meant to do. But videos like this give me hope. Once that person finds their purpose, nothing can stop their drive and ambition. Idk who needs to see this or if anyone is at the same point as me, but keep searching. The time will come when your true path will be revealed, and when it does come....nothing will stop you.

When I was little, I read a book depicting this exact story. At the end, it said the twin towers were gone now, but their memory will always live on. I was like damn, they got rid of the twin towers just because someone walked across them 💀

As a person who is afraid of heights, watching even the summary gives me chills.

Everyone thought that he would lose his life, but amazingly he ended up outliving the Twin towers that made him so famous. RIP Twin towers.

I watched this film years ago. The ending scene where he looks crestfallen remembering what happened with the towers is just heartbreaking.

I remember this. I was a 13 years old and living in New York. I was in Catholic school during that day but it was on the news that night and everyone was talking about it. This guy is legendary in New York!

As idiotic as he is, he gained my respect. He finished a huge goal, wasn't satisfied with it, and did it all over again with some extra flair. I can only imagine how that felt

Fun fact, Philippe Petit is still alive today, he's 72 years old.

My hands literally sweat when watching him walk the towers. He's still alive today to tell the tale. A legend of a man.

Even though it was a success it is still terrifying to watch. Probably the greatest achievement I have seen, it takes guts, focus and you need to have some extraordinary gifts. It makes what Jordan, Ali or any other sportsman did look so small. This is quite simply insane.

Interesting to think that people will remember him as brave and inspirational but however if he fell he would have likely just been seen as a reckless idiot.

His odds of surviving were pretty low and that of the towers pretty high The fact he is still alive . And the towers aren't . This shows that the odds don't always dictate the future .

You NEED to watch this movie. It is by far one of the most beautiful and inspiring movies of all time. Nice to see the twin towers remembered like this.

Oh my god, such a brave man! While watching this scene, my knees were shaking and I had a turning head. Many things can be learned from this movie, but the important point is that if you have supportive friends around you, nothing will stop you from achieving your goals, even if it involves wire walking at a height of 412 meters.

Nobody gonna talk about how this man ran away from home on a unicycle?

The fact that in robbery movies they have 5 people and this guy needs a whole middle school lunch club group to tie a rope across two towers shows how intense this actually was.

i don’t understand the brain of anyone who would do such a preposterous thing but kudos to him for his immense bravery

What I appreciate most is that he made sure to do his homework before started and made sure everything was secure and how to deal with the winds he’d encounter.

His Dream seemed Small, but he never gave up, it Literally took him to the Top of the World. Never Give Up.

Apparently the director simulated height so well in this movie that many audience members got sick in the theater during his walk.

i clicked out of curiosity and only planned to watch maybe a minute of it and ended up watching the entire thing 🔥 i heard about a guy doing it but didn’t know he had a whole back story so crazy

Props to the cameraman who walked with him.

Sad that Joe Gordon Levitt never made it as Hollywood gold but he's shown to be more than a serviceable actor. He's one of the guys where if he's a supporting actor in a movie, it should be good.

I feel like the reason his smile fades with the memory of doing it, is because he knows that within his lifetime, he'll never be able to achieve anything greater than what he did and never be able to go beyond such a feat.

I wish I can one day be as brave as this man was.

He's an extraordinary man. I've watched everything I could get my hands on over the years. As a 7 year old when this happened, I was mesmerized and awestruck. I once rollerbladed all the way from the upper east side (my brother pulling me on his mountain bike) to the Twin Towers. That was 5 years before they were imploded. I skated between them and passed up riding to the top...a decision I deeply regret. Always thought I'd get another chance and had been to the top of the Empire State building and Sears Tower, figuring I'd already been that high up. Was still pretty cool zooming around the base of the buildings.

Can't believe they had to take down the towers to stop this guy from endangering his life.

The moment he turned back to repeat the stunt multiple times made my feet sweat intensely. Holy crap, I can’t believe this was a real feat done by a human.

This is so far one of the best and most motivating recaps I’ve watched. Thumbs up guys 👍

That was a cool historical moment! I had a picture of that man tightrope walking on my wall when I was a kid!!! So inspiring!!!

"For his incredible achievement, he was awarded a lifetime entry to the observation deck to the towers." Sadly those towers doesn't exist anymore..

Sometimes I think that the Mysterious visitor might have just been a man who was going through a very rough time in life, and went to the roof to either stare down and reflect on his life, or maybe even take it. Philippe being there might have just saved a man’s life that day. After seeing their set up, that nod of approval might have just been his way of thanking them.

Thanks for the great review

One of the greatest Stories told of all time.. I saw the documentary 12 years ago and his journey was the stuff of legends.

I remember having a picture book about this guy as a kid. He did a lot of other walks, this was just obviously the most intense. Dude even took a nap up there on that wire

“The movie ends with a final shot of the towers” this line is just so heartbreaking to hear, knowing what happened on that tragic day

I grew up very near to Washington Square Park in the 1960s and '70s. I often saw Philipe Petit there, either walking a tightrope tied between two trees, or between a tree and a statue, or whatever, or, doing his other acts. He was an amazing juggler, and did all kinds of tricks with his shabby black hat. He could stretch out his arm, with his hat on his head, and then abruptly twitch his head in a way that would make the hat roll down his arm into his hand. That is how he would conclude his routine: he would snap the hat from his head to his hand, and then walk right up to the spectators, hat in hand, for them to put money into the hat for him. He had this paradoxical demeanor which the video doesn't get quite right, but that's not embarrassing, because it's very difficult to imitate: obviously foreign, but equally obviously at home in NYC, humble but also supremely arrogant, tense but also self-assured, friendly but challenging, mute but communicative. Intimidating.

Was pretty good recap all the way through, but putting the photograph of the real Petit at the end earned you top marks. And that final scene of the film, his ticket had no expiry date, it just said forever. A massive gut punch, we all know what happened. But what better way to honor their legacy than by celebrating their life.

"Chief! Some guy is wire walking between the Twin Towers!" "My God! What if he falls? He could also pose a danger to others on the ground!" "What should we do?" "Have a helicopter hover above him. The downdraft will blow him around so much he will get scared and come down." "But, sir? What if that causes him to fall?" "DID I STUTTER CADET?"

I remember watching this a couple years ago, at the scene where he actually walks between the towers, I started to feel a bit nauseous. Just looking at the sheer height this man was able to endure made me both uncomfortable and in awe. Philippe is truly an awe-inspiring artist and this movie truly put into perspective the preparation for this stunt, the emotion he went through, and his sheer determination

This was terrifying to watch. And the thought they filmed this at some studio probably no more than 5-10 feet off the ground shows how good the camera told the story and what they did in post

Movie recaps? I did not know a channel like this needed to exist but thank you for finding a niche!! I like it! I imagine film students are probably the main people using your KZfaq channel?

Any of his friends could've overstepped and snitched on him just to lower his chances of dying but they respected his dream and helped him achieve it. If the supporting characters are from the true story too, let's give a round of applause for Anne, Rudy, Barry, the mathematician and the photographer along with every other supporting character, they are day one homies of Phillipe.

Love that the police officers show up on both sides, despite knowing that the pressure might cause him to fall off. I wonder if they actually did that in when this really happened.

love your videos

Them: You get a life time of a free pass of the twin towers observation deck! *clapping Him: Yay! (2001) Him: cant wai- bruh

I think the mysterious visitor might’ve walked up there to kill himself, saw them, and then didn’t.

The first time I heard about this guy was from, the man who walked between the towers. What he did in 1974 was pretty much unheard of, and I’m glad they gave him an actual cinematic film. Whenever the topic of the twin towers is brought up, most people think back to those horrific attacks on innocent civilians, and the absolute pain and terror that people had to experience, but this man made a beautiful, almost dreamlike memory of the towers for everyone to remember. Ironically enough, as Captain Vincent R. Ardolino from the 9/11 Boatlift documentary said, “I never want to say the word I should have. If I do it and fail I tried and if I do it and succeed better for me.” Philipe never gave up on his mission and in the end he was beyond successful. His balancing act will, or at least should, forever be legendary.

Thank you for clarifying this was before 9/11.

To say if he fell that he was idiotic is ridiculous. Homie had a dream, he didn't care if he died. He had that goal on his mind. Death or not. He wanted what he wanted. Homie is legendary

IMO this is the most impressive feat man has achieved. Hundreds of people climbed Everest, 12 people even landed on the moon, but nobody else has done this and ever will.

Imagine basically walking between the tallest buildings in the world, without anything-the sheer skill of this man is incredible

Thanks for the movie tip

The time his smile fades away as he looks at his lifetime entry pass makes me feel very sad

Something tells me that "Mysterious Man" was probably going to jump from the top of the towers, but decided to live so he could see what was about to happen.

Wonderful storytelling, riveting as it bolted me to that pensive state of being raptured into the presentation as if I was a little boy listening to an eloquent teacher.

Man my hands were getting sweaty while listening to this story. Awesome narration!

People gotta understand how hard this has to be with that wind uo thier

My half brothers aunt is one of the producers of this movie!

Thanks for specifying this was before 9/11

I literally LOL-ed when he left his home on a unicycle 😂

This is one of those movies I was watching at 6AM after coming down off good drugs and it was amazing. The kind of movie that I'm not rushing to see but I was high and it was on HBO so I watched it and by the end thought I might be able to wire walk someday myself... but I was high... All in all, great movie!

Good shorttelling and showing the highlights of this movie, better than a trailer 👌

That had to be one of the most motivational KZfaq videos I’ve ever seen

im more interested who the heck was this mysterious visitor haha.

Its just crazy that he has that card and hes the first and last person to ever do that in between those 2 towers

im glad you had to put before 9/11 i was scared he was doing it after 9/11

Great enjoyed it

The officers that arrived first had it worse than the main character lol, imagine watching a guy risking his life and you have to watch all of it, if I was the police officer I would've died of a heart attack lol

I’m scared of heights, and just watching this recap makes me fear for this man’s life for him. At least the real person can enjoy that his record will not be beat.

An absolutely brilliant movie, stumbled across it and so glad I did!.. 10/10...

now that’s a legend 💪🏼

This just proves that if you wanna accomplish something never give up you can do it YEAHhh✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

I love that I watched this recap. It also made me realized something. I always thought I have a phobia of heights. But the scene that got me the most nervous was the one where his costume falls and he tries to catch it. When he was walking the rope, I felt alright, but that scene on the edge made me feel weird. Could there actually be a difference between fear|phobia of height and fear of being on the edge of something?

This movie is so beautiful and tragically overshadowed and under appreciated. Love it so much

I'm glad you clarified that it was before 9/11. Even I could have done it after 9/11.

Got to meet him. He’s a genuine nice guy, very humble.

Are we just not gonna talk about 9:20 the workers covering an open elevator shaft on the 110th floor with a tarp

So thoughtful of them to rebuilt the twin towers for this movie

AMAZING 👏

Clicked this movie thinking it wa gonna be stupid but it’s actually beautiful, shows what true dedication truly is

Because bringing a helicopter up there moving all that air around is totally a good idea when somebody is balancing lol

Death works in mysterious ways. The "Mysterious Visitor" was one of those ways. Death showed up, and realized he wasnt backing down. So Death nodded and walked away, signaling it wasnt his time to go.

Great video! This is my favorite movie recap channel! Personally though, the one thing this video doesn't tell you is that this movie actually blows. The story is already masterfully told by the actual people involved in a fantastic documentary from 2008 called "Man on a Wire." I highly recommend that film over this one.

Honestly a million dollars couldn't convince me to walk a 4 foot wide piece of steel across the twin towers. Well, what was the twin towers. ✈️ (edit: thx for likes)

I remember watching this with one of my friends. At the end where it shows his signature on the top of the building, my friend went “ I wonder if it’s still there”. And i just stared at him until he realized…

Beautiful true story , with many positive and empowering messages..

Rest in peace to those who died🕊🤍 I am so sorry for their loss My respect goes out to their loved ones Thank you to those who tried saving another life during this including firefighters and police officers and doctors and nurses but also many more ❤ thank you to those who tried saving another life during this including firefighters and Police officers , nurses, doctors but many more🕊 Thank you to those who built the World Trade Center as well , you are amazing ❤❤

She didn't decide to go back, her and his friends got deported and he was allowed to stay when he immediately cheated on her with two women and filmed it.

The world was a different place when wire walking was a rebellious act.