Oscar- and BAFTA-winning documentary Man On Wire, directed by Cornwall’s James Marsh, has come in at number 22 in the Observer Film Magazine’s Best British Films 1984-2009 poll. The list was compiled from the opinions of more than 60 experts – directors, screenwriters, actors, critics – and a few smart ‘outsiders’ (eg, novelist Jonathan Coe […]
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Terrestrial premiere for Man On Wire from Truro director James Marsh
Oscar- and BAFTA-winning documentary Man On Wire, directed by Cornwall’s James Marsh, gets its terrestrial premiere on BBC2 at 9pm tonight (August 2). The flick looks at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974; what some consider ‘the artistic crime of the […]