"The Man Who Walked Between the Towers" is a an animated short film from 10 years ago. The director is Oscar nominee Michael Sporn and he made this one already during the later stages of his career. He died last year. It is based on a book by Mordicai Gerstein, but even more based on actual events. Philippe Petit made this daring back in the 1970s and he we are told what it was exactly that he did and how police came to get him. I must say the animation looks certainly a lot older than 21st century. If you have a further interest in the story, you may want to check out the Oscar-winning documentary "Man on Wire" or wait for Robert Zemeckis' 2015 movie "The Walk", in which Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Petit. In any case the fact that the Towers do not exist today anymore made this walk an even more memorable achievement back then. No greatness here, but a solid cartoon that is mostly worth the watch because it's not fiction and I recommend it. Especially to fans of the actor Jake Gyllenhaal, who narrates this story here the very year he scored an Academy Award nomination for "Brokeback Mountain".
Review of Between the Towers
