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The film, about high-wire artist Phillippe Petits cabled walk between the Twin Towers in 1974, opened the 53rd New York Film Festival on Saturday, September26, 2015.

Using 3D, Zemeckis takes us with Petit as he walks his wire between the towers numerous times.

For “The Walk”, Gordon-Levitt reveals that he indeed learned how to walk a tightrope from Petit, whose walk between the towers, destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, captured world attention.

However, has he continued?

“Philippe was on the wire for 45 minutes and in all of Manhattan, no one could scramble a movie camera in 45 minutes”, chuckles Zemeckis.

“The Walk” was co-written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, who, like the film’s star is Jewish.

If you’ve seen Man on Wire, this will also sound very familiar; the first half of The Walk is basically a beat-by-beat recreation, disrupted only by the introduction of a bland romantic subplot.

“He’s (Petit) such an optimist”. It’s applause-worthy work, and a killer climax.

“Chan and I have talked about wanting to do a musical”, Godron-Levitt said.

“My cameraman and my visual effects supervisor and I, we studied what the best way would be to evoke that feeling of vertigo”, says Zemeckis. Hey, show not tell, Bob! In addition, to make it even better, the talented Joseph Gordon-Levitt showed up to join the Ragtime Gals with the unusual rendition of “BBHMM”. That’s the truth, and it’s also the most depressing thing about these two films.

Later that evening journalist/author Mark Harris tweeted this following the film opening the New York Film Festival. It opens Wednesday in limited release and goes wide on October 9.