ON THIS DAY in 1962, President Kennedy announced on national television that he’d ordered a “naval quarantine” of Cuba following the discovery of Soviet missiles on the island. This event was documented in the 1974 film, THE MISSILES OF OCTOBER, starring William Devane and Martin Sheen.
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A LITTLE OVER 27 years before the tragic events of September 11th, a daring Frenchman stepped off the edge of one of the World Trade Center towers and walked to the other—on a thin wire. That daring, young man was Phillipe Petit, and MAN ON WIRE tells his story.
It’s a story of courage and much planning. A tale of bank-heist proportions, of law-breaking and recklessness. Yet, it culminates in sheer magic and poetry–a gentle stroll between two points. A simple walk among giants that would, on one, sad day, be toppled in an unbelievable act of cruelty.
It’s a melancholy-tinged remembrance of an audacious feat–a feat of pure, awe-inspiring beauty. On this day, MAN ON WIRE is a way to see man at his best.