{"id":151091,"date":"2026-03-10T12:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=151091"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:44:29","slug":"man-on-wire-full-documentary-2008-philippe-petits-high-wire-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=151091","title":{"rendered":"Man On Wire &#8211; Full Documentary (2008) Philippe Petit&#8217;s High-Wire Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Man On Wire - Full Documentary (2008) Philippe Petit&#039;s High-Wire Walk\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JWHZLRmu1ts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Man On Wire is a biographical documentary released in 2008. It is about Philippe Petit and his high wire walk between the New York&#8217;s Twin Towers of World Trade Center in 1974.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man On Wire is a biographical documentary released in 2008. 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