Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib vs Man on Wire
Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Man on Wire). Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib is the shorter watch at 46m compared with 1h 34m. Man on Wire is the older of the two (2008 against 2016). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib
Man on Wire| Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib | Man on Wire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2008 |
| Length | 46m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Documentary, TV Movie | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Lianne Steenkamp, Will Steenkamp | James Marsh |
| Main cast | – | Richard Nixon, Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix |
Synopsis
Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib
Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib follows a lioness and her daughters as the travel through Namibia's desert with their five male cubs. The cubs are raised without a pride male and are instructed by their mothers in hunting both large prey and small. When the elderly matriarch dies, her daughters must finish the job.
Man on Wire
On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.
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