The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (movie)
- User score: 6.8
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Michael Sporn
- Production companies: Weston Woods Studios
- Genre: Animation
- Release date: 4/23/2005
- Run time: 10 min.
Movie description
One of the most exciting and memorable stories in the history of the World Trade Towers is that of Philippe Petit, a French man who walked a tightrope between the massive monuments in 1974. Narrated by Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, this is an animated adaptation of the lyrical Caldecott Award-winning book by Mordecai Gerstein. Directed and animated by Michael Sporn, with music by Michael Bacon (of the Bacon Brothers).