Sentences with phrase «daring tightrope walk»

Though the story of Philippe Petit's daring tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers was already told (and told well) in James Marsh's 2008 documentary Man On Wire, the feat is getting a big, flashy update this year, courtesy of Robert Zemeckis» The Walk.

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Familiarity with the subject — Philippe Petit's daring and illegal 1974 tightrope walk between the tops of the Twin Towers — might seem an obstacle to Zemeckis» often visceral and exciting brand of filmmaking.

Over the centuries, funambulists — or tightrope walkers, ropewalkers, or equilibrists — have performed some of the most amazing feats of daring; such as taking the audience's breath away numerous times by walking across Niagara Falls.

This true story recounts the daring feat of a spirited young Frenchman who walked a tightrope between the World Trade Center twin towers in 1974.