{"id":4028,"date":"2008-12-15T14:22:30","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T13:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2008-12-15T14:22:30","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T13:22:30","slug":"uk-dvd-releases-monday-15th-29th-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/12\/15\/uk-dvd-releases-monday-15th-29th-december-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD Releases: Monday 15th-29th December 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

DVD PICK<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"ManMan on Wire<\/a><\/strong> (Icon): In what is quite a barren Christmas period for notable DVDs, there is only one that truly stands out which is this stunning documentary by director\u00a0James Marsh<\/a>,who made\u00a0Wisconsin Death Trip<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It chronicles Frenchman\u00a0Philippe Petit<\/strong><\/a>, who on\u00a0August 7th 1974\u00a0gave an incredible high-wire performance by walking between between the Twin Towers of New York\u2019s\u00a0World Trade Center<\/a>\u00a0eight times in one hour.<\/p>\n

The act itself almost defies belief but what the film does brilliantly is capture the tension, beauty and brilliance of Petit’s highly illegal operation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Born out of a dream and an idea, Petit and his team of accomplices spent eight months planning the execution of their ‘coup’ down to the most intricate detail.<\/p>\n

Like a team of bank robbers planning their most ambitious heist, the tasks they faced seemed virtually impossible: they would have to bypass the WTC’s security; smuggle the wire and rigging equipment into the towers; suspend the wire between the towers; secure the wire at the correct tension to withstand the winds and the swaying of the buildings; to rig it secretly by night \u2013 all without being caught.<\/p>\n

Then there would be the walk itself.<\/p>\n

One of the finest documentaries to come out in the last few years, the DVD has the following extras:<\/p>\n