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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Children's book tells the true story of Philippe Petit, the young French aerialist who walked on a high wire between the World Trade Center towers. This Caldecott Medal winner is brought to life on DVD with narration by Jake Gyllenhaal.
Author
Language
English
Description
A rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s. A radical young Irish monk struggles with his own demons as he lives among the prostitutes in the middle of the burning Bronx. A group of mothers gathers in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their sons who died in Vietnam, only to discover just how much divides them even in grief. A young artist finds herself at the scene of a hit-and-run that sends her own life...
6) Man on wire
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the high-wire walk made by Philippe Petit in 1974 between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, and how it is still considered one of history's most artistic crimes.
7) The walk
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016], 2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1974, Philippe Petit assembled a team to help him achieve his dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers.
Publisher
Playaway View
Pub. Date
©2014.
Physical Desc
1 video media player (57 min.) : digital ; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
The North Star: Curious about many of the things around him, a young boy goes off to discover the more about himself and his world.
The man who walked between the towers: A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
That book woman: A family living in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1930s gets books to read during the regular visits of the "Book Woman"--a librarian who rides a pack horse through...
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