![]() Philippe explains that the building manager gave him a free pass to the observation decks of the towers with the expiry date crossed out and replaced with "forever". Philippe and his accomplices are released, and he decides to stay in New York, but Annie chooses to follow her music dream in Paris. He is arrested on site, with the police and construction workers commending him on his bravery. But Philippe relentlessly continues to walk back and forth until he achieves the feat a total of six times in his 45-minute performance and feels confident enough to showboat on occasion before complying. The police arrive and threaten to remove him by helicopter if he does not get off. At one point, he kneels to his audience and even lies down. Once reaching the other building, he has an urge to return, so he walks back again across the void. He successfully crosses the gap between the towers while crowds below cheer him on. Philippe begins his walk, explaining that everything around him faded once he started, except the wire and himself, and that for the first time in his life, he felt genuinely thankful and at peace. However, they successfully string up the ropes and set the wires. On the eve of the event, the team encounters several challenges: being three hours behind schedule, guards on the premises, and nearly dropping the heavy cable off the roof. The team goes over the plan several times, deciding Philippe must be on the wire before the construction crews arrive at 7:00 a.m. They also meet French-bilingual electronics salesman J.P., amateur photographer Albert, and stoner David. At one point, he meets a fan of Philippe's, seeing him at Notre Dame: Barry Greenhouse, a life insurance salesman who works in the building, who becomes another team member. ![]() He disguises himself to spy and scout out the locations, impaling his foot on a nail in the process. ![]() Philippe and Annie travel to America, setting a date for the walk as August 6, 1974. He succeeds with Jean-Louis' support and is arrested in the process, though he receives universal applause and international attention. After failing his first real performance by falling into a lake due to anxiety, Philippe walks between Notre Dame Cathedral's towers in Paris to redeem himself. He explains his idea to use a bow and an arrow tied to a fishing line to get the cable across the Towers. Jean-Louis introduces Jeff, another accomplice with fear of heights, to Philippe and Annie. Meeting Jean-Louis, a photographer, they become friends, and he, the official photographer and second accomplice in his dream. Annie supports him on his dream and finds him the perfect place to practice: her music school. While performing one day, Philippe meets Annie, a fellow street performer, and they begin a romantic relationship. Philippe asks Papa Rudy for tips and advice on knot tying and rope rigging, which Papa Rudy agrees to for compensation. He is caught by Papa Rudy, whom he impresses with his juggling skills. Philippe returns to the circus that inspired him to wire walk as a child and practices in the big top after hours. Meanwhile, he is evicted from his parent's house by his father, who disapproves of his job. Analyzing it, he dreams of walking a tightrope between the towers. In the dentist's waiting room, he sees a photo of the Twin Towers in a magazine. In 1968, Parisian street performer Philippe Petit bites a hard candy from the audience, damaging his tooth. The film was dedicated to the victims of the September 11 attacks. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Gordon-Levitt's performance, Zemeckis' direction and the visual effects, particularly during the wire walk scene, but underperformed at the box office. The film was released by TriStar Pictures on Septemin the United States in IMAX 3D, and on October 9 in regular 2D and 3D. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Petit, alongside Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, and Steve Valentine. It is based on the story of 24-year-old French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974. The Walk is a 2015 American 3D biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by him and Christopher Browne.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |