Talk:Philippe Petit

Petit's "Obsession"

Hiya, guys. I like clarifying all of my edits excluding minor edits, so that, if there is a disagreement with what I've done, others can at least understand my reasoning and intentions. I removed a statement from when the article first begins discussing the World Trade Center. The sentence said (I may not be quoting exactly "Petit became obsessed with the Towers, and began collecting articles on them whenever he could." I changed this to (again, not necessarily exactly, "At this poin, Petit began collecting articles on the Towers whenever he could." As you can see, I removed the statement that Phillipe Petit had become obsessed with the Twin Towers. I removed it because that statement is in violation of, at least, WP:NPOV, and probably something else/other things. See, first of all, there's no source for this statement, not even an unreliable one. Secondly, the term "obsession" or "obsessed" is subjective - what would be intense obsession in the eyes of one person might not be in the eyes of another. I'd certainly say that`collecting articles is not a sign of obsession - and, with these balance walks being, apparently, his source of income, that his "obsession" with the towers could be considered and labelled a professional interest! Cheers, "Yes...It's Raining" 23:09, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Personal Info

It would be nice if there was a personal information section on the page. sikander (talk) 08:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Footage

Is there any film footage of Petit's walk between the twin towers? 86.136.199.169 18:45, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, there is no video or film of his twin towers walk.Slankford12 (talk) 19:05, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

I got to work on floor 103 of the North Tower 1/2 hour too late to see him up there that day. I was so bummed. NjtoTX 02:21, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

• Yes I saw footage in the trailer for Man on Wire, so i'm pretty sure that it exists. --Xero (talk) 18:27, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

There is no video footage of the WTC walk, but there are many photographs (according to the glowing Guardian review of 'Man on Wire'). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.5.59.205 (talk) 13:13, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

There are still photos only of the walk, as the team had trouble that day with the video camera. They are quite wonderful in themselves, and were accompanied by Erik Satie's Trois Gymnopedies in the film.Parkwells (talk) 18:52, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Rest of his life

Although the WTC walk is his most famous, it sounds like there should be something about his other walks. -- Beardo (talk) 18:47, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

In particular, I added a link to Hennepin County Government Center to this present article, and I added the following sentence to that article:

The building was the site of a performance by French tightrope walker Philippe Petit.

Does anyone know the details? Michael Hardy (talk) 21:45, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

There's a fairly recent profile of him, with photographs, at The Guardian here, from July 30. He appears to still work as a street artist, and long may he continue. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 00:35, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

post tower to tower walk?

what stunts did he do after the twin tower walk? Kingturtle (talk) 05:33, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Cite error: <ref> tags exist, but no <references/> tag was found

Ever since this 10 Jul 2007 edit this article has carried a "Cite error: <ref> tags exist, but no <references/> tag was found" message at the bottom. I have tried using {{Reflist}}instead of <references/>. I have tried moving the <ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/newyork/peopleevents/p_petit.html "People & Events: Philippe Petit (1948-)"] in Episode 8: ''The Center of the World'' of ''New York City: A Documentary Film'' broadcast on ''[[American Experience]]'', [[Public Broadcasting Service]] in 2003</ref> reference to a spot outside the blockquote. I have tried removing this reference and the block quote all together - but the "Cite error: <ref> tags exist, but no <references/> tag was found" message remains.

Any ideas? I am miffed. Thanks in advance, Kingturtle (talk) 00:10, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

It looks OK now. BrainyBabe (talk) 16:44, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

turns out it was because a existed after the reference section. Kingturtle (talk) 16:52, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

New Yorker covers

...really don't look like fair use. They aren't talked about in the article at all, they don't really seem necessary to understanding Philippe Petit at all. --98.217.14.211 (talk) 04:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Financing

Having just watched "Man On Wire", I'm left with a big question: how did Petit finance his globetrotting and procuring the equipment for his stunts? Is busking is a far more lucrative activity than I suspected, or did his collaborators foot most of the bills? - Nephtes (talk) 16:48, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Although I don't have a valid answer, and although plenty of Wikipedians will probably see this as Off-Topic, busking is apparently very lucrative, though who's to say if it's more lucrative than you thought. When I say very lucrative, I mean VERY lucrative - I watched a documentary about busking not long ago, and the subject, a busker and faux-homeless person (with a sign and the whole nine yards) was making some $23 and up - about 3 times the official US minimum wage! Cheers, "Yes...It's Raining" 23:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

One of the extra material videos with the Man on Wire DVD said it was financed by a juggler. Another video shows him entertaining people at a warehouse where they sold cable. In exchange he got 60 yards of cable for free. That was for the Sydney Harbour Bridge walk. He is good at getting people to give him their time, money, etc. --Marc Kupper|talk 04:32, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Too much detail on Twin Towers walk

The article is unbalanced about Petit's life in terms of the amount it devotes to the Twin Towers walk, which largely draws from the documentary/re-enactment 2008 film. There is already an article about the film. Parkwells (talk) 18:54, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

World Trade Center Walk

The article lists the reason Phillipe Petit stopped with the walk was due to rain. That is incorrect. I lived in New York City at the time and although I was only seven years old at the time, I remember hearing about the event on the news like it was yesterday. It didn't rain that day. I read somewhere the reason Phillipe Petit got off the wire was after the police threatened to send a helicopter as a means to retrieve the man from the wire. I don't have a reference to this claim, but I believe it is accurate. Can someone please look into it and change the article. Dkf12 (talk) 18:02, 20 November 2021 (UTC)