The highwire daredevil 'The Walk' is based on loves the movie - except for one part
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In the summer of 1974 French highwire artist Philippe Petit gained notoriety when he walked on a wire between the Twin Towers in New York City.
The remarkable feat has been adapted into a children's book, an Oscar-winning documentary and now a 3D Hollywood blockbuster.
"The Walk" looks back on Petit's "coup," as he called it, to get to the roof of the towers illegally to do his highwire act. It involved years of planning with a group of others and training, also dressing up as construction workers with fake identification cards so they could get into the building.
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"There are a few things that didn't happen and are going against the spirit of who I am," said Petit.
The specific moment he points out is towards the end of Petit's (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) walk on the wire between the towers where he briefly loses his balance and the wire begins to shake as he's about to give himself up to police.
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Petit has been a huge supporter of the film, appearing on the red carpet when it premiered at the New York Film Festival and even training Gordon-Levitt how to walk the wire.
"The story tells the tale with the right spirit," said Petit.
"The Walk" opens in theaters nationwide on Friday.
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