Perhaps, these were just a warm-up before the big event.įilmmaker Robert Zemeckis who has movies like Cast Away, Forrest Gump and Back To The Future series among others to his credit, took it upon himself to bring this inspiring story to the silver screen. His next came in 1973 when he walked between the pylons of the enormous steel arch Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia. In 1971, his first public (and illegal) wire walk was between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Years on, this film serves as a beautiful tribute to the twin towers that were destroyed in a devastating tragedy which took several innocent lives.

At that time, he was persecuted by the authorities for breaking the law but later credited for bringing acceptance to the buildings that were initially deemed architecturally ugly. A France native, Petit illegally executed a ‘coup’ back in 1974 where he walked on a wire rigged between the USA’s twin towers to record his name in history. This movie made me read up on an enigmatic man called Philippe Petit. She insisted that it’ll be an exhilarating watch and it turned out to be just that and much more.

In this case, almost 6 years! Bored of deciding what to watch on Netflix, my younger sibling insisted that I give this movie called The Walk a try.

There is so much information around us to soak in that we end up discovering things that leave a great impact albeit a little late.

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