“The Walk” quotes
(2015)
Robert Zemeckis
directed this movie
in 2015
Title The Walk
Original title The walk
Year 2015
Director Robert Zemeckis
Genre Drama, Biography, Adventure
Original title The walk
Year 2015
Director Robert Zemeckis
Genre Drama, Biography, Adventure
Plot – Philippe Petit was a young dreaming tightrope walker. He has walked between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on a steel wire and his enterprise has become famous. Petit overcame physical limits, fear and law prohibitions.
All actors – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Guillaume Baillargeon, Émilie Leclerc, Mark Trafford, Inka Malovic, Lucas Ramacière, Martin Lefebvre, Philippe Bertrand, Laurence Deschênes, Patricia Tulasne, Jean-Robert Bourdage, Sylvie Lemay, Sasha Dominique, Soleyman Pierini, Jade Kindar-Martin, Patrick Baby, Ben Kingsley, Marie Turgeon, Charlotte Le Bon, Catherine Lemieux, Larry Day, Clément Sibony, Denis Michaud, Serge Boulianne, Charles Gaudreau, Maxime Paradis, Serge Lepage, Alain Boileau, Jean-Marie Montbarbut, Vlad Stokanic, Philippe Soucy, Philippe Hartmann, Guido Grasso Jr., César Domboy, Joel Rinzler, Mark Camacho, Harvey Diamond, Sylvain Landry, Robert D'Alessio, Rosa Ruby Kagan, Steve Valentine, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, Benedict Samuel, Mizinga Mwinga, Harry Standjofski, Stuart Fink, Doug Price, Yanik Ethier, Vittorio Rossi, Sergio Di Zio, Daniel Harroch, Jason Deline, Darrell Lee-Izeard, Kent McQuaid, Kwasi Songui, Adam Bernett, Karl Graboshas, Jason Blicker, Massimo Cannistraro, Karl Werleman, Chris Cavener, Leif Anderson, Trevor Botkin, Rebecca Croll, Gara Nlandu, Stephen Walters, , Steve Barry, Melantha Blackthorne, Momo Casablanca, John Chancellor, Julien Heron, Serge Martineau, Galia Oliel-Sabbag, Nathaly Thibault
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“It's something only a twisted, antisocial, anarchistic, pissed-off malcontent would have anything to do with... [triumphantly] You have your inside man!”
I find myself in the middle of the wire. And I feel the void. And although a wire-walker should never look down... I do. And it was... It was beautiful. It was calm and beautiful, and serene, and "not-dangerous."
“For me, to walk on the wire, this is life. C'est la vie.”
“Perhaps you brought them to life, Philippe - given them a soul.”
“- Philippe Petit: My head is full of doubts and when it’s time to step on the wire I don’t know if I will be able to take my first step.
- Annie Allix: Your heart will tell you what to do.”“If you have three steps to do, and if you do those steps arrogantly... if you think you are invincible... You are going to die!”
“I would find myself there looking at the void, to see how the thought comes back. How the feeling returns. Because it was a beautiful day.”
“- Jean-Pierre: You know Philippe, the Towers seem different. They're different now.
- Barry Greenhouse: That's right. They're different because you walked up there. Every New Yorker I talk to now says they love these towers.”- News Reporter: Why did you do this?
- Philippe Petit: There is no "why." Just because. When I see a beautiful place to put my wire, I cannot resist.“I was always searching. Looking for the perfect place to hang my wire.”
“You cannot lie on stage, the audience will always know what is inside your heart.”
“This isn't a game, Philippe. One mistake out there and you're going to die.”
“- Philippe Petit: Two magnificent towers, one hundred meters taller than the Eiffel Tower itself. What do you think?
- Annie Allix: I don’t know. It looks so…so…
- Philippe Petit: Beautiful.
- Annie Allix: Beautiful, yes. And dangerous, and completely insane, and you’re a mad man.
- Philippe Petit: Yes, I’m a mad man. But this…this is my...” (continue)(continue reading)
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