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| cinematography = Igor Martinovic | editing = Jinx Godfrey | production companies = | distributor = | released = | runtime = 94 minutes | country = | language = | budget = £1.1 million (approx. $1.9 million)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Case study - Man On Wire's soaring success | News | Screen )〕 | gross = $5.3 million〔 }} ''Man on Wire'' is a 2008 British-American biographical 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 book, ''To Reach the Clouds'', released in paperback with the title ''Man on Wire''. The title of the film is taken from the police report that led to the arrest (and later release) of Petit, whose performance had lasted for almost one hour. The film is crafted like a heist film, presenting rare footage of the preparations for the event and still photographs of the walk, alongside re-enactments (with Paul McGill as the young Petit) and present-day interviews with the participants, including Barry Greenhouse, an insurance executive who served as the inside man. ''Man on Wire'' competed in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary and the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards )〕 In February 2009, the film won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. ==Production== The film's producer Simon Chinn first encountered Philippe Petit in April 2005 on BBC Radio 4's ''Desert Island Discs'', after which he decided to try to acquire the film rights to his book, ''To Reach the Clouds''. After months of discussion, Petit agreed, with the condition that he could actively collaborate in the making of the film. In an interview conducted during the run of ''Man on Wire'' at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, director James Marsh explained that he was drawn to the story in part because it immediately struck him as "a heist movie". As Jean Francois, one of Petit's collaborators later said, "It may have been illegal...but it wasn’t wicked or mean."〔(''Man on Wire'', Magnolia Pictures )〕 Marsh also said that, as a New Yorker, he saw the film as a gift to the city since the 9/11 attacks. He said he hopes to hear people say that they will now always think of Petit and his performance when recalling the World Trade Center's twin towers. Responding to questioning as to why the towers' destruction in the 2001 attacks is not mentioned in the film, Marsh explained that Petit's act was "incredibly beautiful" and that it "would be unfair and wrong to infect his story with any mention, discussion or imagery of the Towers being destroyed." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Man on Wire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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