Twin Towers Tightrope Walk

7 1974 as he is. The hullabaloo was over a Frenchman named Philippe Petit who was walking on a high wire more than 1300 feet in the air suspended between the tops of the Twin Towers.

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The New York district attorney dropped trespassing charges against Petit on the condition that he perform a free show for the citys children in.

Twin towers tightrope walk. With his hands clutching a large balancing pole and toes gripping a taut steel cable the daring French aerialist began a death-defying 140-foot walk to the buildings northern twin with no. Watch the trailer here. On the morning of August 7 1974 having already illegally rigged and walked steel cables between the towers of Notre Dame in Paris and Australias Sydney Harbor Bridge French funambulist Petit illegally rigged 200 feet of 78 steel cable between the two World Trade Center towers and walked between them repeatedly lying down at one point and making eight crossings in all.

Galvanized steel wire he had spent all night rigging between the tops of the. Anyone whos seen the documentary Man On Wire or just footage of Philippe Petits insane tightrope walk between New Yorks then-standing Twin Towers in 1974 will understand the sheer insanity of undertaking a net-free tightrope walk 1362 feet in the air. In August 1974 French high-wire artiste Philippe Petit made an unauthorised tightrope walk between the rooves of the two main towers making eight walks across the 42m 138 ft wire in 45 minutes.

When 24-year-old Philippe Petit played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the film first set foot on the 131-ft. This story was written by Vincent Lee and Arthur Mulligan A 25-year-old French daredevil did a tightrope walk across the top of New York yesterday - on a 131-foot cable strung. 7 1974 New York awoke to Philippe Petit a young Frenchman artist tight rope walker giving the most spectacular high-wire performance of.

On August 7 1974 Philippe Petit a French wire walker juggler and street performer days shy of his 25th birthday spent 45 minutes walking dancing kneeling and lying on a wire he and friends strung between the rooftops of the Twin Towers. The Walk is a 2015 American 3D biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Christopher Browne and Zemeckis. Thursday marks the 40th anniversary of Petits tightrope walk between the newly-built towers.

Post continues after video. A 25-year-old French daredevil did a tightrope walk across the top of New York in 1974 - on a 131-foot cable strung between the 110-story twin towers of the. The crime was six years in the making and Petit dreamt it before the towers were even completed.

The High-Level Scheming Behind Philippe Petits Twin Towers Tightrope Walk Philippe Petit center answers reporters questions on Aug. The night before his walk Petit and a few friends snuck. 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.

On the morning of Aug. Twelve people have walked on the moon but only one man - Philippe Petit - has ever or will ever walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center to. The Walk tells the true story of Frenchman Philippe Petit who in August 1974 walked across a tightrope suspended from the tops of the Twin Towers of.

Clad in black and carrying a long pole for balance Philippe Petit begins the most famous high-wire walk in history calmly traversing the space between the Twin Towers at a. With just a balancing pole the acrobat danced knelt and. On August 7 1974 a young Frenchman caught the attention of jaded New Yorkers by wire-walking between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

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