Sentences with phrase «man on a tightrope»

Although it lacks the fire and energy of Kazan's masterpieces, Man on a Tightrope is still an expertly crafted and wholly engaging film.

Man on a Tightrope could have easily become cliché ridden propagandistic tripe but Kazan has crafted it into something of substance.

Not exact matches

Nik Wallenda became the first man to walk right over Niagara Falls Friday night, a 30 - minute tightrope televised live on ABC News.

Dr Thekla Morgenroth, post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, and lead author of the paper said: «When people imagine a risk - taker, they might picture someone risking their fortune at a high - stakes poker game, an ambitious CEO, or someone crossing the Grand Canyon on a tightrope — but chances are that the person they picture will be a man.

Meanwhile, Simon Chinn and James Marsh were surprise winners of the best documentary award for Man On Wire, their acclaimed film following tightrope artist Philippe Petit's hair - raising trip between the twin towers of the World Trade Centre on a tightropOn Wire, their acclaimed film following tightrope artist Philippe Petit's hair - raising trip between the twin towers of the World Trade Centre on a tightropon a tightrope.

The tale of French acrobat Philippe Petit's 1974 attempt to walk a tightrope between the Twin Towers already formed the basis of an Oscar - winning documentary, Man on Wire, so we assume Zemeckis has a strong shot with this fictionalized retelling featuring a heavily accented Gordon - Levitt.

It has been six years now since James Marsh recounted Philippe Petit's tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers in his documentary Man on Wire.

In 2008, James Marsh's Man on Wire, a recounting of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the Twin Towers, was one of the most talked about documentaries.

That film would be «Man On Wire,» James Marsh's crisp, witty and ultimately very moving documentary about Philippe Petit, the charismatic French performance artist who in 1974 committed the so - called «artistic crime of the century» — an illegal tightrope walk between the Twin Towers of the New York's World Trade Center.

Though the story of Philippe Petit's daring tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers was already told (and told well) in James Marsh's 2008 documentary Man On Wire, the feat is getting a big, flashy update this year, courtesy of Robert Zemeckis» The Walk.

The film's greatest strengths are Eddie Redmayne, Jóhann Jóhannsson's score, Benoît Delhomme cinematography and, at risk of crowding the list of highlights, one must credit James Marsh's helming of the project entire, which echoes his previous Oscar - winning effort, Man on Wire, in a most joyful manner by presenting Professor Hawking as a man who's physically the yin to that films uber - athlete's (tightrope walker Phillipe Petit) yang and yet a kindred spirit in terms of sheer zest for life and experienMan on Wire, in a most joyful manner by presenting Professor Hawking as a man who's physically the yin to that films uber - athlete's (tightrope walker Phillipe Petit) yang and yet a kindred spirit in terms of sheer zest for life and experienman who's physically the yin to that films uber - athlete's (tightrope walker Phillipe Petit) yang and yet a kindred spirit in terms of sheer zest for life and experience.

French tightrope walker Petit's daredevil traverse of the twin towers — carried out without permission — was brought to the attention of filmgoers in James Marsh's award - winning 2008 documentary Man on Wire.

There is a really, I think what you're talking about too, I sat on a diversity panel presentation for our local Louisville bar association not too long ago and one of my co-panel members who was a man from a local corporation stood up and said that he does trainings in this area and he said, «I have that people, particularly men who come to my trainings look at, I have them list all the male characteristics they can think of and all the «female characteristics» that they can think of and then I draw this line down the middle and I say women at work have to walk down this narrow line of not being too masculine and not being too feminine and finding that balance between the two and that's a difficult tightrope to walk sometimes.»