The Walk [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Robert Zemeckis, Daniel Zirilli Robert Zemeckis

Overview

Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man - Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - has ever walked in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis uses advanced technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. THE WALK is a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, but most of all, to the Towers of the World Trade Center.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/05/2016
UPC:	0043396463752
Original Release:	2015
Rating:	PG
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:03:00
Sales rank:	30,884

Special Features

Deleted scenes; The amazing walk; First steps - learning to walk the wire; Pillars of support

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Philippe Petit
Ben Kingsley	Actor
Charlotte Le Bon	Actor
James Badge Dale	Actor
Clément Sibony	Actor
César Domboy	Actor
Ben Schwartz	Albert
Steve Valentine	Barry Greenhouse
Mark Camacho	Guy Tozolli
Jason Deline	Tessio
Benedict Samuel	Actor
Guillaume Baillargeon	Actor
Emilie Leclerc	Actor
Mark Trafford	Actor
Inka Malovic	Actor
Lucas Ramaciere	Actor
Martin Lefebvre	Actor
Philippe Bertrand	Actor
Laurence Deschenes	Actor
Patricia Tulasne	Actor
Jean-Robert Bourdage	Actor
Sylvie Lemay	Actor
Sasha Dominique	Actor
Soleyman Pierini	Actor
Jade Kindar-Martin	Actor
Patrick Baby	Actor
Marie Turgeon	Actor
Catherine Lemieux	Actor
Larry Day	Actor
Denis Michaud	Actor
Serge Boulianne	Actor
Charles Gaudreau	Actor
Maxime Paradis	Actor
Serge LePage	Actor
Alain Boileau	Actor
Philippe Soucy	Actor
Phillip Hartmann	Actor,Notre Dame Police Officer
Guido Grasso	Actor
Joel Rinzler	Actor
Harvey Diamond	Actor
Sylvain Landry	Actor
Robert D'Alessio	Actor
Rosa Ruby Kagan	Actor
Mizinga Mwinga	Actor
Harry Standjofski	Actor
Stuart Fink	Actor
Doug Price	Actor
Yanik Ethier	Actor
Sergio Di Zio	Actor
Daniel Harroch	Actor
Darrell Izeard	Actor
Kent McQuaid	Actor
Kwasi Songui	Actor
Adam Bernett	Actor
Karl Graboshas	Actor
Jason Blicker	Actor
Massimo Cannistraro	Actor
Karl Werleman	Actor
Chris Cavener	Actor
Leif Anderson	Actor
Trevor Botkin	Actor
Rebecca Croll	Actor
Gara Niandu	Actor
Stephen Walters	Actor
Shawn Lock	Actor
María Gabriela de Faría	Actor
Tom Sizemore	Actor
Jacob Vargas	Actor
Rudy Youngblood	Actor
Luke Goss	Actor
Burton Perez	Actor
Damon Whitaker	Actor
Amador Granados	Actor
Enrique Groven	Actor
Vicente Huezo	Actor
Bryan McGowan	Actor
Melantha Blackthorne	Parisian Flower Child
Nathaly Thibault	Secretary
Jean-Marie Montbarbut du Plessis	Fisherman
Vlado Stokanic	Portly Photographer
Vittorio Rossi	Sgt. O'Donnell
Alan Silvestri	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Zemeckis

Christopher Browne

Robert Zemeckis	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Daniel Zirilli	Director
Jack Rapke	Producer
Steve Starkey	Producer
Christopher Browne	Screenwriter
Cherylanne Martin	Executive Producer,Producer
Ben Waisbren	Executive Producer
Jacqueline Levine	Executive Producer,Producer
James Austin	Sound Effects
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Casting
Randy Thom	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

"Wow!" That's the reaction many moviegoers are likely to have after seeing Robert Zemeckis' breathtaking re-creation of Philippe Petit's dazzling 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. The central 17-minute sequence -- especially when seen in IMAX 3D -- will make viewers feel that they are right there with Petit, on a thin cable 110 stories above the ground. We sense the dizzying height, and feel the exhilaration of being suspended midair among the clouds, as the petite Frenchman crisscrosses the wire several times, at one point even lying down on it to gaze at the heavens. It all happens in what seems like real time, and the unhurried pace allows us to experience every step and truly appreciate the grandeur of this magnificent aerial feat. It's one of those great movie scenes that will live long in your memory. Unfortunately, the rest of the film is mostly forgettable. The Walk begins with Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) perched on the Statue of Liberty's torch, the World Trade Center rising majestically in the background. Petit narrates the entire story from this vantage point; it's a decision that comes off as a bit hokey, and it immediately pulls viewers into the realm of imagination rather than making us feel that what we're seeing is happening in reality. (It also doesn't help that Gordon-Levitt's French accent is shaky at best.) We then flashback to Paris, as Petit learns the basics of wire walking from a circus showman (Ben Kingsley). He also meets a guitar-playing street singer named Annie (Charlotte Le Bon) around this time, and the two quickly become an inseparable pair. Petit soon reads about the construction of the World Trade Center while waiting in a dentist's office, and begins planning his daring and highly illegal walk between the towers. He recruits a couple of accomplices -- a photographer (Clément Sibony) and a math whiz (César Domboy) who is deathly afraid of heights -- walks between the towers of the Cathedral of Notre Dame for practice, and sets off for New York to investigate the nearly completed buildings and recruit more helpers. Once the action moves to Manhattan, the movie picks up considerable steam and starts to play out like a high-stakes heist flick. Of course, we already know the outcome due to the narration and framing device, which significantly undermines the suspense the film tries to build. By contrast, James Marsh's Oscar-winning documentary Man on Wire does a much better job of laying out the particulars of the walk and building tension. "It's impossible. But I'll do it," says Petit early on when he begins planning his walk. One might imagine that Zemeckis said the same thing when he first stumbled upon Petit's story and considered the possibility of putting the walk on film. Zemeckis is an acknowledged wizard of special effects, as his movies (the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, A Christmas Carol, The Polar Express, Flight) can attest. And he summons all of his technical prowess in The Walk's grand finale to produce a heart-pounding, visceral experience that could only be achieved through the magic of cinema. Of course, much of the emotion comes from the venue itself: The re-creations of the World Trade Center and 1970s-era New York City are nothing less than stunning. Zemeckis even closes out his picture with a beautiful yet haunting farewell shot of the Twin Towers that honors their memory, but wisely avoids tear-inducing sentiment. So, is The Walk worth the added expense of viewing it in IMAX 3D? For hardcore movie fanatics, the answer is yes. It's a technical marvel they will want to experience in all of its vertigo-inducing splendor. For others, probably not; 2D will work just fine. Overall, this walk isn't one to be remembered -- except for the 17 minutes when it is truly glorious.

All Movie Guide - Tim Holland