Bounding the action are two historical events: the acrobat Philippe Petit’s walk across a tightrope strung between the Twin Towers, in 1974, and the fall of the towers on September 11, 2001.

In 2009, Colum McCann published a curious book called “Let the Great World Spin” that had everybody looking up. The novel, which went on to win both a National Book Award and the International ...

McCann read an excerpt from “Let the Great World Spin,” which tells the story of several different intersecting lives connected by Philippe Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk across the Twin Towers, and the ...

And while the tightrope dancing - that is really what it is, and that is what it is called by one of the police officers who ultimately arrests him - is beautiful and engrossing, the movie still ...

Recommended The 74-year-old French artist walked across the tightrope as Sting sat down below and performed his tracks ‘Fragile’ and ‘Field Of Gold’ while accompanied by a live orchestra.

The 74-year-old French artist walked across the tightrope as Sting sat down below and performed his tracks ‘Fragile’ and ‘Field Of Gold’ while accompanied by a live orchestra. Per Showbiz ...

NEW YORK — Renowned French high-wire artist Philippe Petit marked the 50th anniversary of his famous walk between New York's Twin Towers with a performance in a Manhattan cathedral, accompanied ...

On Aug. 7, 1974, Philippe Petit walked a tightrope between the spires of New York’s Twin Towers. On Wednesday and Thursday, the French high-wire artist celebrated the 50-year anniversary with a ...

NEW YORK: Renowned French high-wire artist Philippe Petit marked the 50th anniversary of his famous walk between New York’s Twin Towers with a performance in a Manhattan cathedral, accompanied ...

Tightrope walker marks Twin Towers stunt, 50 years on New York (AFP) – Renowned French high-wire artist Philippe Petit marked the 50th anniversary of his famous walk between New York's Twin ...