The Walk

*Cast: 

 Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Philippe Petit 
 Ben Kingsley as Papa Rudy
Charlotte Le Bon as Annie Allix

 *It was produced, written and directed by  Robert Zemeckis the producer, director of 'Back to the future'' triology.

*' The Walk' is based on the true story of Frenchman Philippe Petit, who, in August 1974, walked across a tightrope suspended from the tops of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York.

*He named this mission 'the coup'.

 The Man on wire - Philippe Petit (now)

*Philippe Petit personally trained the actor Gordon-Levitt how to walk on wire. And after an elaborate workshop of eight days, the actor was able to walk on the wire alone.

  The Man on wire - Philippe Petit (then)

 The books written by Philippe Petit

 To Reach the Clouds
 On the High Wire
 Cheating The Impossible

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The book about  Philippe Petit

 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein

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