Man On Wire

[Andy_Copland 0]

If you have not seen this, go watch it. Right now. Without thinking twice go watch it.

It is one of the most incredible documentaries i have ever seen. The planning and dedication is simply staggering.

"Why did you do it?" "There is no why"

SFW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIawNRm9NWM

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People aint made of nothin' but water and shit.

Until morale improves, the beatings will continue.

[mnealtx 0]

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"There is no why"

What, he thinks he's Yoda or something?

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[Andy_Copland 0]

Yoda is french?!

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People aint made of nothin' but water and shit.

Until morale improves, the beatings will continue.

[Andrewwhyte 1]

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"There is no why"

What, he thinks he's Yoda or something?

He was three years before Star Wars; What does Yoda think he's Petit or something?

[michalm21 2]

I went to the premiere in NYC. Petit showed up to answer questions after the screening.
It was an amazing movie. Easily #1 pick in my book for this year.

[1969912 0]

Saw it last weekend. Really well made film. Pretty amazing that they were able to set up the cables in one night.

Torrent here: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4556980/Man_On_Wire_2008_DVDRip_XviD-VoMiT(No_Rars)

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[SuFantasma 0]

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Yoda is french?!

Yoda is French Canadian, naturalized citizen !

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[AggieDave 6]

"Do or do not, there is no try, eh?"

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[SuFantasma 0]

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"Do or do not, there is no try, eh?"

Fischer King ...

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[ltdiver 3]

Saw it tonight ( Netflix streaming ). Amazing footage and story!

While watching my mind kept flipping between our own BASE jumpers and the planning and emotions they must go through and the views of the World Trade Center from it's conception and building to their destruction and lives lost. My body physically jolted when that one freeze frame came by with the jetliner flying over top of the towers.

I agree. A must see!

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[jimmytavino 16]

Yes!!!

saw it quite a while ago......
tbrown recommended it.... as did one of my brothers...

I was also impressed with the stealth, AND technique that they used, to run that line from one twin tower to the other. Also enjoyed the actual footage of P Petit in his youth, fine tuning his artistry...

My brother Peter WAS in NYC that day and witnessed the occurence LIVE !! from a sidewalk below...

there really IS something special about a person with a vision, and the determination to carry it Out!!!!

jmy

[johnjyuuu 0]

Great film. Great footage. I'm a huge documentary fan and this was one of my favorites.

There is an IMAX documentary about skydiving/basejumping called Adrenaline Rush that is pretty good.

Best recent documentary i've seen was called Dear Zachary: A letter to a son about his father.

(download it here) http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/67208313/dear+zachary?tab=summary

[tbrown 26]

tbrown recommended it.... as did one of my brothers...

I was also impressed with the stealth, AND technique that they used, to run that line from one twin tower to the other.

[ridestrong 1]

This has been in my "Watch Now" queue for months now... guess I'll have to pull the trigger.

*I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.*
----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.----

[airdvr 210]

An excellent viewing...thanks Andy. For those of you who haven't already you really should.

I was moved by the realization that the towers are no more and no one will ever be able to say they did that again. To be in the group of people who can claim being the only person to ever have done something..wow.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[MikeJD 0]

Amazing achievement, fantastic story, great filmmaking.

It was a shame I didn't warm to Petit himself - maybe it just goes with the territory when you're as driven as that, but he seemed to have little consideration for anyone else involved. And when he reveals that the first thing he did after completing his stunt was go and have sex with someone who wasn't his girlfriend - .

There's being a 'character', and then there's being a rat...