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Video: Philippe Petit's Twin Towers Wire Walk Gets 3-D IMAX Treatment
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Jen Carlson
Published Dec 9, 2014
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Man On Wire: The Romcom
The Man On Wire documentary was so compelling and well done that it's kind of absurd Hollywood is remaking the true story as a feature film, but hey: 3-D IMAX? We're in. The movie stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Philippe Petit—the man who walked a wire between the Twin Towers in 1974—and you can watch a teaser below (it's not in theaters until October 2015).
It's called The Walk, and it's directed by Robert Zemeckis, who from the looks of it is pretty good at creating artificial vertigo.
[via EW]
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