Think audio: Man on Wire

by Anne Bothwell 14 Aug 2008 4:37 PM

©2008 Jean-Louis Blondeau / Polaris Images. Why would someone string a high-wire between the World Trade Center Towers, risking arrest and certain death to walk between them over 1,300 feet in the air? Director James Marsh’s film Man On Wire profiles the man who actually did it in 1974. Click above to listen to Marsh […]

Why would someone string a high-wire between the World Trade Center Towers, risking arrest and certain death to walk between them over 1,300 feet in the air? Director James Marsh’s film Man On Wire profiles the man who actually did it in 1974. Click above to listen to Marsh in this interview with Krys Boyd, originally broadcast August 13 on KERA radio’s Think. And check out the trailer for Man on Wire.