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Philippe Petit - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography

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Philippe Petit - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography

Philippe Petit - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Actor, Writer.

Born 13 August 1949, Nemours, Seine and Marne, France - French street tightrope walker, actor and screenwriter.

Philip's father was a military pilot. At an early age, the boy became interested in illusion and juggling. Philip took his first steps on the tightrope at the age of 16. The father did not immediately approve of his son's decision.

Philippe Petit is renowned for his spectacular high-altitude performances, renowned worldwide after he walked the tightrope between the North and South Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York on the morning of August 7, 1974.

To perform his show at an altitude of more than 400 meters above the ground, the artist ordered and used a rope weighing more than 200 kg and a unique balancing pole about 8 meters long and weighing 25 kilograms. Philip was on the rope for 45 minutes, during which he walked back and forth eight times.

Immediately after the execution, Philip was arrested by the police, but all charges were dropped by the court in exchange for a free show for children in New York's Central Park.


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