On 7 August 1974 Philippe Petit – a French visionary, street artist, pickpocket, tightrope walker and, above all, an idealist prepared to die to fulfill his dream – managed to pull off the “artistic crime of the century”. “It would be wonderful to die whilst realizing one’s passion,” says the French adventurer today, a man who illegally stepped out onto a steel wire suspended between New York’s twin towers, at the time the highest buildings in the world. In a stunning re-enactment, director James Marsh pieces together the memories of everyone involved. The superbly constructed film incorporating a thrilling dramatization of this unique accomplishment makes use of the many authentic shots and photographs which Petit and his colleagues took, and, at the appropriate moment, surrenders to the compelling music of Michael Nyman.