To Reach the Clouds: Man on Wire film tie in-Philippe Petit Man on Wire Film Tie in

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780571245857
  • 01 augustus 2008
  • 240 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Philippe Petit

Philippe Petit has performed on the high wire more than eighty times around the world; he is also a magician, street juggler, visual artist, builder, lecturer, and writer. A frequent contributor to TED and other national venues, he is the author and illustrator of several books, including To Reach the Clouds, the basis of the 2009 Academy Award–winning documentary Man on Wire. Petit lives in upstate New York.

Samenvatting

An artist of the air re-creates his six-year plot to pull off an act of incomparable beauty and imagination One late-summer day, a feat of unimaginable audacity was perpetrated on the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The year was 1974. A hundred thousand people gathered on the ground to watch in awe as twenty-four-year-old high wire artist Philippe Petit made eight crossings between the all-but-completed towers, a quarter mile above the earth, over the course of nearly an hour. Petit's achievement made headlines around the world. Yet few who saw or heard about it realized that it was the fulfillment of a dream he had nurtured for six years, rekindling it each time it was in danger of expiring. His accomplices were a motley crew of foreigners and Americans, who under Petit's direction had conpired, connived, labored, argued, rehearsed, and improvised to make possible an act of unsurpassed aerial artistry. In this visually and verbally stunning book, Petit tells for the first time the dramatic story of this history-making walk, from conception and clandestine planning to the performance and its aftermath. The account draws on Petit's journals, which capture everything from his budgets to his strategies for rigging a high wire in the dead of night between two of the most secure towers in the world. It is animated by photographs taken by two of Petit's collaborators, and by his own wonderfully evocative sketches and unquenchable humor.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
01 augustus 2008
Aantal pagina's
240
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Philippe Petit
Hoofduitgeverij
Faber & Faber, Incorporated

Overige kenmerken

Editie
Main - Tie-in
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
126 mm
Verpakking hoogte
19 mm
Verpakking lengte
198 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
186 g

EAN

EAN
9780571245857

Je vindt dit artikel in

Taal
Engels
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?
Boek
Beschikbaarheid
Leverbaar
Studieboek of algemeen
Algemene boeken

Video's

Nog geen reviews

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 29 euro en 48 cent. Dit is een tweedehands product.
Alleen tweedehands
Goed
Ref1296
1 - 2 weken
Verkoop door BAY EXPRESS
7,9
  • Bestellen en betalen via bol
  • Prijs inclusief verzendkosten, verstuurd door BAY EXPRESS
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren

Alle bindwijzen en edities (5)

  • 10,99
    Direct beschikbaar
  • 8,99
    Direct beschikbaar
  • 10,52
    2 - 3 weken Tooltip
  • 51,32
    1 - 2 weken Tooltip
  • 31,46
    1 - 2 weken Tooltip

Lijst met gekozen artikelen om te vergelijken

Vergelijk artikelen