In 1974, young Frenchman Philippe Petite held New York City in thrall when he balanced for nearly an hour on a high wire suspended 1,350 feet above the ground between the recently erected Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. He crossed the wire eight times before being hauled off by police. While Petit had already scaled Notre Dame and the Sydney Harbor Bridge to accomplish similar feats, the Twin Towers was his ultimate obsession and no obstacle would stand in his way. Through dramatic archival footage and stunning interviews with all involved, this deeply moving and exuberant documentary unveils the extraordinary preparations it took to pull off the “artistic crime of the century.”  ST