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The Walk is a 2015 biographical drama film directed and written by Robert Zemeckis. It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, and Ben Schwartz. The narrative is set in New York City, with filming taking place in Montreal. Alan Silvestri composed the score for the movie, which was produced by Steve Starkey and Zemeckis.
The film was distributed by TriStar Pictures and Netflix, with additional production companies including Sony Pictures, LStar Capital, and ImageMovers. It has a runtime of 123 minutes and was released on September 30, 2015. The movie holds an IMDb rating of 7.3 from 141,668 votes and a TMDb average vote of 7 from 3,374 users. Its budget was $35,000,000, resulting in box office revenue of $61,181,942.
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7.0The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.
Cast
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Philippe Petit
- Ben Kingsley as Papa Rudy
- Charlotte Le Bon as Annie Allix
- James Badge Dale as J.P.
- Clément Sibony as Jean-Louis
- César Domboy as Jeff / Jean-François
Themes
- new york city
- skyscraper
- 1970s
- biography
- based on true story
- tightrope
- world trade center
- secret project
- wtc
- biographical
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Zemeckis
- Screenplay by
- Robert Zemeckis Christopher Browne
- Based on
- To Reach the Clouds , by Philippe Petit
- Produced by
- Steve Starkey Robert Zemeckis Jack Rapke
- Starring
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ben Kingsley Charlotte Le Bon James Badge Dale
- Cinematography
- Dariusz Wolski
- Edited by
- Jeremiah O'Driscoll
- Music by
- Alan Silvestri
- Production companies
- TriStar Pictures TriStar Productions ImageMovers LStar Capital
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- September 26, 2015 ( 2015-09-26 ) ( New York Film Festival ) September 30, 2015 ( 2015-09-30 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 123 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English French
- Budget
- $35–45 million
- Box office
- $61.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Composer
- Alan Silvestri
- Producer
- Robert Zemeckis
- Production company
- Sony Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Dariusz Wolski
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Montreal
- Duration
- 123
- FilmAffinity ID
- 363441
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2015-10-08
- title
- The Walk
- distributed by
- Netflix
- box office
- 10137502
- capital cost
- 35000000
- social media followers
- 3417
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 70/100
- has characteristic
- 3D film
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Encyclopedic overview
The Walk is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Browne. It is based on the story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Petit, alongside Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, and Steve Valentine.
Following its premiere at the New York Film Festival, The Walk was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on September 30, 2015 in the United States in IMAX 3D, and on October 9 in regular 2D and 3D. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed $61 million worldwide. The film is dedicated to the victims of the September 11 attacks. It is the first film to use the 2015-present TriStar Pictures logo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Walk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.