New York police wait to arrest him on both ends of the wire (in what seems the silliest aspect of it all). Petit acts boldly just as we, from our theater seats, urge him not to risk more. See how the original World Trace Center evolved into todays Freedom Tower after the attacks of 9/11. The fate of these buildings hangs over all the impressive filmmaking like the clouds that gather above the walker himself.įor once, those pesky 3-D glasses serve a purpose – as does the IMAX screen. His French accent is somewhere between Gandhi and Pepe Le Pew. The less said the better about Ben Kingsley's hamming as Papa Rudy, the mentor who teaches Petit the trade. He soars here – literally.Ĭharlotte Le Bon is more decorative than anything else (think early Leslie Caron) as the French girl who gives up her own street-singing career to accompany him to America. We keep thinking he will evolve as the new Tom Hanks, but it seems that Hollywood doesn't know what to do with him. The original World Trade Center, which featured the landmark Twin Towers (1 WTC and 2 WTC), was a building complex in the Financial District in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Gordon-Levitt is one of our more winsome film personalities when it comes to suggesting light and charming characters. He began learning magic when he was six and fell in love with tightrope walking when. The film doesn't quite ring true as a triumph of an individual over conformity. The man is something of a fool as well as a hero, and it might, if you're a cynic, seem like a waste of energy that was, after all, illegal. He convincingly captures Petit as a scrappy, idealistic man who talks feverishly about his dream, for which he prepared by walking on a similar wire between the two bell towers of Notre Dame. Gordon-Levitt is quick on his feet and a physical gamin in the central role.
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