![]() 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. ![]() STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs It's a shame to have to write a lousy review for my first ever reviewed video game on this site,but here it is.It opens with an unnecessary and dead boring prologue about how the rings were forged and how Lord Sauron poured all his venom and hatred into the ring he got handed,which you can't skip past no matter how many bloody times you hit the START button.When it eventually gets into gameplay mode,it's in the middle of a heated battle.With loads of people fighting.Boy,that makes it really easy to tell who it is you're supposed to be playing ,doesn't it?When you eventually find your game play character,battle is certainly very frenetic,and this was almost certainly the game makers intention.Well,fantastic guys,but,er,slight problem.It really starts to wear your thumbs out after a while.Long before the level's finished,in fact.And the same can be said for the next level,where you are required to relentlessly attack figures in long dark coats (or 'foul beings',as,er,Aragon calls them) ,with the intention of supposedly pushing them backward into a mini campfire thingie.I was unable to get past this level,because my thumbs just kunner' take no more.But it just remains to be said that,despite quite impressive graphics,unlike Blade 2,in this instance the translation to game has helped a disliked film become no less disliked,and,in this case,made me no less a 'ringophile' than I was before.The Walk is a 2015 American 3D biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by him and Christopher Browne.
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