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Fixed and Synced by bozxphd.Enjoy The Flick
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Why?
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That is the question people ask me most.
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Why? For what?
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Why do you walk on the wire?
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Why do you tempt fate?
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Why do you risk death?
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But...
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I don't think of it this way.
I never even say this word.
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Death.
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Yes, okay, I said it once or, or,
maybe three times just now.
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But watch, I will not say it again.
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Instead, I use the opposite word.
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Life.
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For me, to walk on the wire, this is life.
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So,
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picture with me, it's 1974, New York City,
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and I am in love with two buildings,
two towers.
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Or as everyone in the world calls them,
the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
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They call to me,
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these towers,
they stir something inside of me,
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and they inspire in me, a dream.
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My dream
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is to hang a high wire
between those Twin Towers,
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and walk on it.
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Of course, this is impossible,
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not to mention illegal.
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So, why attempt the impossible?
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Why follow your dream?
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But I cannot answer this question, "Why?"
Not with words.
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But I can show you how it happened.
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And so, we must go back in time
and across the ocean,
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because my love affair with these
beautiful towers did not begin in New York.
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In case you couldn't
tell, I'm not from here.
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No. My story begins in another one
of the world's most beautiful cities.
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C'est Paris.
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So, now, picture Paris.
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Here I am, a self-proclaimed wire walker
that nobody on earth cares about,
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surviving as a troubadour
performing in the streets.
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I've created a character. I have a top hat.
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I wear only black. I teach myself to draw
a perfect circle on the ground,
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and within this circle, I never speak,
not one word.
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The circle is my domain,
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and I don't allow
even half of a toe inside of it.
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And if the spectators continue to
violate my sacred space,
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well, I must employ more drastic measures.
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I perform for anyone who will watch me,
and people love it.
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Man, woman, young, old, everyone.
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Except, of course, the police.
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I don't believe in getting a permit.
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But no matter where I was going
or what I was doing,
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I was always searching,
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looking for the perfect
place to hang my wire.
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I have a horrible toothache.
I need to see a dentist right away!
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Did you call for an appointment?
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I don't have a telephone.
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You'll have to wait.
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But madame... please?
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It shouldn't be more than two hours.
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You expect me to suffer like this
for hours?
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I hope I don't collapse
from the pain.
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Suddenly, I freeze.
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The pain in my tooth is gone.
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In the magazine, there's an article
with an illustration about the towers.
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They're not even finished yet,
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but the magazine says that once they are,
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they will be the tallest in the world.
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And with this tiny pencil stroke,
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my fate was sealed.
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This was the beginning of my dream.
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The first time I ever saw a wire walker,
I was eight years old.
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The circus had come to my town,
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and it featured
The Omankowsky Family Troupe,
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one of the greatest wire-walking troupes
in the world.
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The White Devils.
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My son, the circus clown.
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And I teach myself to walk on that rope.
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And it turns out, I have some talent
for climbing and balancing, even juggling.
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But I want to know more.
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Get down from there!
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So this is how I meet
Rudy Omankowsky, Sr.,
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the patriarch of The White Devils
wire-walking family,
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who everybody calls "Papa Rudy."
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He would never say
exactly where he was from.
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He was certainly not French.
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Papa Rudy was a supreme wire walker,
acrobat and juggler.
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And in that moment,
I suppose he saw something in me.
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Philippe!
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I don't speak Czech.
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- I speak English.
- Okay.
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Today, you're going to learn
how to make entrance.
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You need to learn how to compliment.
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'Compliment'? What's that?
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A compliment is a silent message,
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an order to the audience to pay attention.
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And after the performance, a compliment
is also an offering of gratitude.
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A salute.
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Salute.
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Okay, okay, okay, okay.
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No, Philippe. That was terrible.
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You're doing too much.
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Do nothing. Now, try again.
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No! I said, "Do nothing!"
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You're still doing too much!
You look like a coward.
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The audience must always feel
you are in control.
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Stop trying so hard!
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Do nothing. Do it again.
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Where's your respect?
You didn't do anything.
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But you said to do nothing!
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Do nothing on the outside.
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On the inside, in your
heart, you must salute.
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"In my heart?"
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What the hell are you talking about?
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But the performer must have
an honest respect
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and gratitude for the audience.
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But why should I respect the audience?
It is me on the wire.
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You will salute the
audience and pay respect!
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There is no show
without an audience!
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Unless you understand that,
you will never perform in circus.
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Good, okay, me,
I don't want to perform in the circus.
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I am not some ridiculous circus clown.
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I am an artist!
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So, just like that,
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Papa Rudy threw my artistic little ass
out into the street.
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And, a short time later...
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You waste your life
with your stupid circus tricks!
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Wire-walking won't put bread
on your table!
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Could we give him
one last chance?
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No.
The carrots are cooked.
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That's right! The carrots are cooked!
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Philippe!
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The carrots were cooked.
There was nothing left to do.
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So, I set off on my way.
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I didn't even know what I was looking for,
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but I figured I might find it in Paris.
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I had a great thing going,
until you showed up.
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Can you hear me now?
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A mime who speaks?
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I'm not a mime.
I don't hide behind imaginary walls.
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Please don't insult my circle.
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It's my sacred space.
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I'd be much obliged
if y'all could just mosey along.
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This here is a private conversation.
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Well, shut my mouth.
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- We thought you were putting on a show.
- No, it ain't.
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This here's for y'all.
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Well, thank you kindly.
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Bye, now.
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Wow, I love your English.
It sounds so American.
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Dirty thief.
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I think I like better the English.
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Who do you think you are?
Bastard.
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Yes, I certainly prefer the English.
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Then listen, juggler.
You stole my best audience in weeks.
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And for what? Some cheap stunt?
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Well, I'm sorry, but
people love my high wire.
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You call that a high wire?
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That was the lowest high
wire I've ever seen.
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You're right, mademoiselle.
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But that is because
the two tallest trees in this square
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were in your performance space.
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And me, I would never invade
the space of another artist.
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It's going to rain.
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Angry street musician.
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I would like to make you an arrangement.
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I will only play in that square
when you are not playing.
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That's every weekend
and every second Tuesday.
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Okay, deal.
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My name is Philippe.
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- Annie.
- Annie, it's a nice name.
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Why all the English?
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Because I must practice.
I'm going to New York.
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New York. That's very exciting.
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- Yes? Maybe you'll come with me.
- Yeah, maybe.
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I like the way you sing. It's very good.
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You were not listening to me sing.
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You were playing with fire on a rope.
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No, before that, I was here earlier.
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Maybe you did not see me, but I saw you,
and I heard you sing.
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It was beautiful.
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Well, thank you.
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Annie, may I buy you a glass of wine?
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No, I don't think that's a good idea.
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Yes, then I will make you an arrangement.
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If you let me buy you a glass of wine,
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I will never hang my rope anywhere in the
Latin Quarter ever again.
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You don't give up. Do you?
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No. No, I'm very persistent.
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My dream.
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- And this is you.
- Yes.
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It will be the most glorious
high wire walk in history.
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And how high must this wire be
to make so much glory?
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Over 100 stories high.
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Where do trees like this grow?
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These are not trees.
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Two magnificent towers.
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One hundred meters taller
than the Eiffel Tower itself.
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I see.
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What do you think?
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I don't know. It looks so...
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- So...
- Beautiful.
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Beautiful, yes.
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And dangerous.
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And completely insane.
And you're a mad man.
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Yes, I am mad, but this...
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This is my dream.
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Then, if it's your dream, you must do it.
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But even if everybody tells me I'm mad?
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Well, you shouldn't care about
what other people think.
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Okay, but I care what you think.
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I love your dream, Philippe.
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- Yes?
- Yes.
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Do you want to know what I think about you?
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- No.
- No?
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- Not even a little bit?
- No, no.
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Okay, but I'm going to tell you anyway.
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You can tell me, but I won't care.
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I know a place where
there are two beautiful trees.
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I didn't realize it at the time
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but Annie had become my first accomplice.
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- Annie.
- Yes?
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I was thinking
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you should come up here with me.
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No, I don't think so.
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Yes. It will be your baptism of the wire.
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No.
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Come on, Annie. You must trust me.
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Okay.
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And breathe
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and step.
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Indeed, there were two beautiful trees
growing in the park of Annie's art school.
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So, she arranged for me to
be able to hang my wire there.
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It was perfect,
'cause I could practice every day
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and I could see Annie as well.
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Then, one day, while I was on my wire.
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I was approached by a very
serious-looking young man.
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Do you mind if I take your photo?
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Perhaps.
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I am Philippe.
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Jean-Louis.
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Jean-Louis, do you speak English,
Jean-Louis?
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Yes. Why?
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Because I must practice.
I'm going to America.
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To perform?
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Exactly.
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But my performance will not just be a show.
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It will be a coup.
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Yes.
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I intend to rig my wire in secret
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on the most spectacular stage in the world.
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And then, without warning,
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I will appear.
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And I will perform a surprise
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and illegal wire walk.
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If it works, it will be the
artistic coup of the century.
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Wow.
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Well, you, my friend,
can see my photographs any time.
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They're very rebellious.
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So, you are not just a photographer,
you are an anarchist as well?
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All artists are anarchists to some degree.
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- Don't you agree?
- Yes.
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And you, my artist, anarchist friend,
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can be my
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official photographer.
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And so this is how
I make friends with Jean-Louis,
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my second accomplice.
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If that were to happen during your coup,
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it would be the artistic disaster
of the century.
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I need to know more.
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Don't you know
how to knock on a door?
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I need you to teach me
how to rig a high wire.
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High wire for what?
You're a street juggler.
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But I need to know
how to tie the correct knots.
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I need to know what kind of cable to use, the
weight, the thickness, the load strength.
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So, you want me
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to just give you my secrets.
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Secrets I've spent a lifetime learning.
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Secrets I've only given to my sons.
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You want me to just hand them over to you.
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I can pay you. I have money.
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I don't care what it costs.
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Meet me at le cirque
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at sunrise.
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Bring your juggling money.
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Place wood blocks between
the cable and mast.
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Okay.
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The wood blocks act as buffer,
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so when masts flex, the wire won't snap.
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And always, always
check the rigging yourself.
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Never step on a wire
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if you've not checked
all of the rigging yourself.
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- Capisce?
- Okay.
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There was this great Polish guy,
wire walker, Roman.
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He said he could tell
when cable was at correct tension
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through his ass and through his ear.
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Underneath,
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through the ring,
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lock it off.
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Tighten.
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And pay.
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Philippe, you give me broken money.
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- No, it works.
- It's broke.
303
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So, Papa Rudy let me
travel with his troupe.
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Of course, I never did any performance.
305
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But any time the big top was empty,
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I would practice on the wire.
307
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Most wire walkers, they
die when they arrive.
308
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They think they have arrived,
but they're still on the wire.
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If you have three steps to do,
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and you take those steps arrogantly,
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if you think you are invincible,
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you're going to die.
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This one, I give to you for free.
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A few weeks later,
I did my first official public walk
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in this tiny little village.
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It's so small, it's not even on a map.
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But the mayor of this village,
every spring he puts on a festival.
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00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,689
And Papa Rudy convinced him to hire me
to do a walk over this little lake,
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which was more like a swamp.
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Is it okay?
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No. Through your ass and your feet,
you tell me.
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Annie came, she set up
a turntable for music.
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And Jean-Louis came to take pictures.
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So, I begin my performance,
and everything's going very well.
325
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But then I start to hear this murmur of
some laughing and giggling,
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00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,525
and it turns out, there is also a
fishing contest that afternoon
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on this lake, more like a swamp.
328
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,369
And the fishermen, they're drinking wine.
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They're yelling insults at me.
330
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,448
They're laughing at me
while I'm trying to work.
331
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,682
Now, walking on the wire
is as much mental as it is physical.
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If you lose your concentration,
you lose your balance.
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00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:33,846
Philippe!
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So here I am, in the mud to my knees
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doing the Papa Rudy compliment.
336
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This was my first performance.
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A failure.
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And after this, I didn't feel so good.
339
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:10,327
Then one day,
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00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,529
I was walking along the Seine,
feeling sorry for myself.
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00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:15,441
When I look up,
342
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,929
and I saw the towers of Notre-Dame.
343
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,449
And I said,
"This is where I must put my wire."
344
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,050
"This is how I will redeem myself."
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00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,127
And so, under the cover of darkness,
and with a false key,
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00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,282
Jean-Louis and I sneak into the cathedral.
347
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,727
I attach some fishing line to
one of my juggling balls,
348
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,690
and I throw it across to the other side
where Jean-Louis is waiting.
349
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,848
Then, we attach this fishing line
to a small rope,
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and we pass that between the towers.
351
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,050
Then we pass a larger rope.
352
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,044
Then, we attach this larger rope
to the steel walk cable.
353
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,969
So, Jean-Louis and I stay up all night
354
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,646
installing a wire between
these two ancient towers.
355
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,050
And when the first tourists
start to arrive in the morning,
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I begin.
357
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And I succeed.
358
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,682
I perform my first surprise,
illegal high wire walk.
359
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,367
This is also the first time
I get the taste of this sensation.
360
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,205
This feeling that I'm crossing into a...
361
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,123
A truly different world.
362
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,527
And I was redeemed.
363
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:44,721
Or so I thought.
364
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,082
These Parisians,
they know nothing but contempt.
365
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,844
They refuse to appreciate beauty.
366
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,764
Every other country, Germany, Spain,
367
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,524
England, even Russia, they salute me.
368
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,365
They call me a maestro.
They call me a valiant young poet.
369
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,204
But no, not the French.
370
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,408
They call me "delinquent."
They call me "vandal."
371
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,527
- Philippe.
- Vandal!
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00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:10,601
Look.
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00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,405
This is a sign.
374
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,768
In the same newspaper
as my Notre-Dame story?
375
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,604
This is providence.
376
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,045
It says they're almost finished.
377
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,565
The lower floors are already occupied.
378
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:28,971
Annie! We need to pack.
379
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:38,051
They're enormous.
380
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:39,847
Yes.
381
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:42,361
They're monstrous.
382
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,044
They're a lot taller than I imagined.
383
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:15,966
Yes.
384
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,321
It's absurd.
385
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:33,491
Completely absurd.
386
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,246
It's not real.
387
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,609
These towers, they have no scale!
388
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,970
They just rise and never stop.
It's not human!
389
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,042
It's over. It's over. It's finished.
390
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,364
- What's finished?
- The coup! My dream! It's destroyed!
391
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,329
Do you see these monsters?
392
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,481
- These beasts! Beasts!
- Calm down!
393
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,688
They just tell me it's not possible
and nothing else!
394
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,410
There's no sign of possibility.
395
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,320
There's nothing telling me
that it can be done.
396
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:26,326
Yo.
397
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:27,680
How you doing?
398
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,125
There's stairs going up.
399
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:43,886
Go back to the hotel.
400
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,560
If I'm not back in five hours,
look for me at the police station.
401
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,050
I make my way to the top.
402
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:10,690
Nobody stops me.
403
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,927
And I find myself standing
on an island floating in mid-air,
404
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,002
on the edge of the void.
405
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,603
Of course, I automatically
look across to the opposite tower.
406
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,810
But then I have to dare to look down.
407
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,284
Now, I think I know the void.
408
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,601
I'm a wire walker.
The void is my domain, yes?
409
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,047
Well, not this void.
410
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,724
But, still I gather the courage to whisper.
411
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,926
I whisper so the demons won't hear me.
412
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:28,561
It's impossible.
413
00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:31,321
But I'll do it.
414
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,325
English. Only English.
415
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:51,845
We must learn to sound like New Yorkers.
416
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,770
Your so-called coup is a ridiculous joke.
417
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:58,043
- There. Have it in English.
- That's why I have it all planned out.
418
00:35:58,120 --> 00:35:59,929
Planned out? Who are you kidding?
419
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,130
You have no idea
what's on the opposite roof.
420
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,601
You don't know what time
the construction crews arrive
421
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:06,886
or what time they quit.
422
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,166
You have no idea
423
00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:11,005
what the actual distance is
between the towers.
424
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,162
Or how you're going to
anchor the cavalettis.
425
00:36:13,240 --> 00:36:15,481
How? There is absolutely no place
426
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:16,846
to attach them to the facade.
427
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:18,686
And, by the way, how many days
428
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:20,649
did it take you to build this maquette?
429
00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,370
Come on. This is beautiful!
430
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,006
What are the cavalettis?
431
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:25,764
These guy wires.
432
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:27,490
Papa Rudy calls them "cavalettis."
433
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:28,766
They stabilize the walk cable.
434
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:30,921
The walk cable.
435
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:32,281
So,
436
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,408
how do you intend to pass the cable
across the void?
437
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:35,925
Well, just like we did at Notre-Dame.
438
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,684
We start with a fishing line
attached to a rope
439
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,205
attached to the cable.
440
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,726
And how do we pass the fishing
line between the towers?
441
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,326
Yes, it is too far to
throw the juggling ball.
442
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,768
But I was thinking we could get
a radio-controlled airplane
443
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,161
and fly the line across.
This would be fantastic.
444
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:51,366
Philippe.
445
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,807
It takes years to learn
how to fly an RC airplane.
446
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:54,881
- Do you understand that?
- No.
447
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,564
We must accomplish the coup this summer.
448
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,041
The towers are almost built.
We are running out of time.
449
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:01,930
I need you to help me pull this off.
Think if we succeed.
450
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,968
This could be the most audacious
451
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,690
- work of art that has ever been done!
- Audacious? Audacious?
452
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,410
- It's madness!
- Yes, it's madness!
453
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,721
No one in his right mind
would attempt this thing.
454
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,565
But that is why I must do it,
because it has never been done!
455
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:15,404
And so, yes, I admit, I am mad.
456
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:17,721
- Yes! Wow, you are mad.
- Yes! I am mad.
457
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,962
- Are you completely insane?
- Yeah, I'm crazy!
458
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,047
Yes, you love me because I am mad!
459
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,407
I am insane! I am totally crazy!
460
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,400
I gotta go.
461
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,088
I'll figure out how to get the wire across.
462
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,401
- Yes!
- You figure out how to anchor the cavalettis.
463
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:34,648
- Okay. Deal.
- Do we have a deal?
464
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,448
The cavalettis cannot be vertical.
465
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:43,605
They must be horizontal,
parallel to the walk cable.
466
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,444
- Parallel?
- It won't be pretty
467
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,727
but it will keep the cable from swaying.
468
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,090
And you must use three bolts
on the cavaletti clamps.
469
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,931
Not two. A span this wide
470
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,646
will put tremendous pressure
on the brass plates.
471
00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:58,405
And as you walk,
your weight could crack a bolt.
472
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:01,681
And wood!
473
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,130
You must remember
474
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:04,610
to put wood blocks
475
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,728
between the wire and the building's struts.
476
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,364
That way, when the building breathe,
477
00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,484
the wood will break but the wire won't
478
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,443
explode and tear you in half.
479
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:15,361
Okay.
480
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,161
Wood.
481
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:18,841
Also...
482
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,369
Here's what you're going to do, Philippe.
483
00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:24,571
You're going to wear
484
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:26,849
a safety belt underneath your costume,
485
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,890
attached to a safety line,
connected to a carabiner.
486
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:30,961
A safety line?
487
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:32,561
A carabiner?
488
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:34,483
I'm not going to do this walk
with a safety line
489
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,085
- hanging off of me!
- From that height,
490
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,811
it will be invisible! No
one will have any idea!
491
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,207
And what do I do
when I get to the first cavaletti?
492
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:42,327
You're a performer.
493
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:43,481
You kneel down on the wire.
494
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,403
You unhook from side, clip it on the other.
495
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,403
- The audience will think you are saluting.
- This I will not do!
496
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,721
- This I will never do!
- So why'd you come here?
497
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:52,326
Because you know so much?
498
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:53,561
You tell me I'm wrong?
499
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,167
No. Because I need you to tell me
how to rig this wire!
500
00:38:57,240 --> 00:38:59,925
Not do a phony walk like a coward!
501
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,324
Philippe, you two are
acting like children.
502
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,801
He does not comprehend
one thing I am trying to do.
503
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,610
His high wire and my high wire,
they have nothing in common!
504
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:10,966
Go talk to him.
505
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,202
- You want me to talk to him?
- Yes! You go talk to him!
506
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,044
- You apologize and...
- I will not apologize!
507
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,646
Yes, you do. You have no choice.
You know that.
508
00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:38,609
Look, Papa Rudy, I'm sorry. But...
509
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:40,770
If I do the walk with the safety line,
510
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:42,842
it becomes meaningless.
511
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:44,487
Philippe...
512
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,526
My sons are consummate wire walkers.
513
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,482
And I would never allow them to attempt
514
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,642
such a walk without safety line.
515
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:56,726
Yes, but would you?
516
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,328
Would you walk with a safety line?
517
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:15,007
Years ago, when you first started
to teach me in this house,
518
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,809
I was a stupid little kid
and I never listened to you.
519
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,850
But you told me something
I always remember.
520
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,245
You said, "You cannot lie on stage."
521
00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:30,244
"The audience will always know
what is inside your heart."
522
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:34,330
I think I understand now.
523
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,044
You know, Philippe,
524
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,162
what you're doing, I may not understand it.
525
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:47,886
But it's...
526
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:50,881
It's...
527
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:53,601
something.
528
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:58,685
Something beautiful.
529
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:15,570
It was my grandfather's.
530
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:18,680
You'll need this.
531
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,723
And you'll need this.
532
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,531
Now my secrets are our secrets.
533
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:41,205
Thank you.
534
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:48,641
Faster!
535
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:49,921
Stronger!
536
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,526
More! Annie, more!
537
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:54,681
Faster.
538
00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:56,881
Stronger.
539
00:41:57,760 --> 00:41:59,683
- I'm trying.
- You're a tempest.
540
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,525
You are the terrible, hurricane winds
541
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,001
that howl between the towers!
542
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:08,201
Jean-Louis.
543
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:12,487
Hello.
544
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:14,449
- How are you?
- Hello, hello!
545
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,928
It's good to see you.
546
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,367
So this is my good friend, Jean-Francois.
547
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,080
He wants to be an accomplice in the coup.
548
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:22,965
He's always in search of adventure.
549
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:30,561
Please call me Jeff.
550
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,688
An English name. Okay, I like this.
551
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,127
So welcome, Jeff. Welcome to the coup.
552
00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:37,083
- Now, tell me, have you ever done...
- Unfortunately,
553
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:38,486
Jeff doesn't speak any English.
554
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,489
I speak a little English.
555
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,163
Six times six equal 36, for example.
556
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,004
Yes! So his English is not bad.
557
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,445
Yes, but only numbers.
558
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,329
He teaches high school mathematics.
559
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:51,806
He's also...
560
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:54,850
He's also terrified of heights.
561
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:57,561
Perfect.
562
00:42:58,160 --> 00:42:59,605
I'm terrified of algebra.
563
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,170
Welcome to the coup.
564
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:08,929
Now tell me, what is 81 divided by 27?
565
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,080
- Three.
- Exactly.
566
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:12,889
And you are accomplice number three.
567
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,088
Now, what is 11 times 10?
568
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:16,161
One hundred and ten.
569
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,404
110 stories.
That's how tall the towers are.
570
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,643
Hey, guys? I believe I've kept
my part of the bargain.
571
00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:24,085
What is this, a bow and arrow?
572
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:28,290
Okay, this is not as sensational
as a radio-control airplane,
573
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:29,805
but it's a lot quieter.
574
00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:56,322
It works! It works!
575
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,926
So now, I have enough money,
I have my accomplices,
576
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:00,968
I have somewhat of a plan.
577
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:02,929
The only thing left was selecting a date.
578
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:07,170
It had to be before the weather turned cold
and before the towers were completed.
579
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:09,768
So I chose August 6th.
580
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,047
I choose August 6th!
581
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,369
That is three months from today.
582
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,205
Jeff and Jean-Louis fly to New York
at the end of July.
583
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,600
In the meantime, we start looking
for American accomplices.
584
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,401
So. August 6th.
585
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:27,963
Polypropylene ropes, hemp ropes,
small block-and-tackle with three sheaves,
586
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,202
large block-and-tackle with single sheaf,
587
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:34,001
slings, steel wire, quarter-inch cable,
588
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:35,923
pulley blocks, construction gloves,
589
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,401
monkey wrenches, tape measure.
590
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,370
And a balancing pole in four sections.
591
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,681
And, what's all this for?
592
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:45,205
I'm going to hang a high wire
593
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,362
between the two towers
of the World Trade Center
594
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:48,566
and walk on it.
595
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:52,601
Good luck!
596
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:54,286
Next!
597
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:02,406
As soon as we got back to New York,
I started my spy work.
598
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,721
I went to the towers every day.
Sometimes 6:00 in the morning.
599
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,087
And every day,
I would wear a different disguise.
600
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,450
I took photos of everything.
601
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,364
I made detailed notes
of every inch of the towers.
602
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:26,487
As you know, the North Tower
has been completely finished
603
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:27,800
for the last two years,
604
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:30,724
and the South Tower
is completed up to the 80th floor.
605
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,246
- Both towers are open for business.
- Mr. Tozzoli, excuse me.
606
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:35,402
Toulouse Cezanne
from the magazine L'Architecte.
607
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:37,005
Could you please tell me
the exact distance between
608
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,402
the north corner of the South Tower
and the south corner of the North Tower?
609
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:41,561
The what?
610
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:44,325
The exact distance between the towers?
611
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:46,561
Lou?
612
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:48,011
A hundred and forty feet.
613
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:49,481
A hundred and forty feet.
614
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,890
I rode all the elevators.
The local, the express,
615
00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:03,009
the express to the upper sky lobby,
the express to the lower sky lobby.
616
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:04,445
I took hundreds of rides.
617
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:06,443
I spied on the maintenance men,
the loading docks.
618
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:08,761
I watched the freight trucks
as they made their deliveries.
619
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:10,922
What time do they arrive?
How long do they stay?
620
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:12,843
How much paperwork is exchanged?
621
00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:18,766
My greatest disguise was
that of an architect.
622
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,645
I wore a tie and carried a blueprint,
and I tried to look important.
623
00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:24,291
And this gave me access to
everything under construction.
624
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:36,810
Philippe, that looks really bad.
625
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:38,962
Maybe you should go to the hospital
and get it stitched.
626
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,122
No, it will be fine. But look at the date!
627
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:42,725
The coup is three weeks from today.
628
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,962
Jean-Louis and Jeff arrive next week
629
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,566
and I still have no access to
the North Tower roof.
630
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,486
Are you going to be able to
walk on the wire with that foot?
631
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,166
Yes, it will heal by then,
but what am I going to do tomorrow?
632
00:46:53,240 --> 00:46:56,722
How am I going to continue my spy work
with this ruined foot?
633
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,326
- Do you need crutches?
- No, I don't need crutches.
634
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:02,244
Yes! Crutches!
635
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,205
- Let me get that door for you.
- Thank you.
636
00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:12,447
Hey, there, let me help you
with them crutches.
637
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:13,521
Thank you.
638
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:15,529
Here you go, sir.
639
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:17,364
- Express elevator.
- Thank you.
640
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:18,810
I hope you heal up soon.
641
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,247
Yes, I think I'll feel much better
in a few weeks.
642
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,165
- Floor?
- Yes, 85, please.
643
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,170
Pardon me, but...
644
00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:34,287
May I ask...
645
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:36,445
What are you doing here?
646
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:40,284
You don't belong here.
647
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:43,804
Yes, in fact, I'm quite right.
648
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:45,727
You...
649
00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:48,083
You don't belong here at all.
650
00:47:49,240 --> 00:47:50,287
Do you...
651
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:52,401
Philippe?
652
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,203
I knew it! Philippe Petit.
653
00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:57,044
Daredevil wire walker.
654
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,967
I saw you in Paris on top of
the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
655
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:02,963
- Yes!
- Yes, wow.
656
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,647
You know, the cops had absolutely no idea
what to do with you.
657
00:48:05,720 --> 00:48:06,926
They never do.
658
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:10,610
- Barry. Barry Greenhouse is my name.
- Hello.
659
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:11,727
Yeah.
660
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,167
So, you gonna be performing
here in New York?
661
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:17,323
Yes, yes. And you, do you work here?
662
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:18,687
Yeah.
663
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:20,121
Life insurance.
664
00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:23,720
This man works on the 82nd floor.
665
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:26,488
But this could be very important
if I can somehow
666
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:28,369
seduce him into becoming an accomplice.
667
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:29,930
He works in the North Tower.
668
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,002
He has access to the stairwell and
669
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:33,809
the North Tower roof.
670
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:37,602
Wait! Barry! One moment!
671
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,411
So Annie and I invite him to dinner.
672
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:43,090
Notre-Dame, the coup at
World Trade Center will be very similar.
673
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:45,970
I bring my book of spy work
and my clippings from Notre-Dame
674
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:47,690
which he had already witnessed,
675
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:49,410
so he knew I was serious.
676
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,370
And little by little, I
paint for him, a picture.
677
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,523
And when the sun comes up...
678
00:48:58,480 --> 00:48:59,481
I walk.
679
00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:04,530
Well, it's certainly
illegal, that's for sure.
680
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:08,602
And extremely subversive,
not to mention dangerous.
681
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:12,967
This is something only a twisted,
antisocial, anarchistic,
682
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:16,522
pissed-off malcontent
would have anything to do with!
683
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:19,882
You have your inside man!
684
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:26,481
Philippe!
685
00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:30,726
Welcome. Welcome, Jeff.
686
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:33,484
Very good. How are you?
687
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:34,800
- Super.
- Good.
688
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:36,325
- My friend.
- Hey.
689
00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:39,087
Very good.
690
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:41,968
So, there they are.
691
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:48,489
Philippe, the coup is a disaster.
692
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:50,483
Why are we waiting for night
to climb to the roof?
693
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,040
Because during the day,
we are more likely to run into people.
694
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:55,726
But at night, when someone sees us,
we have no excuse to be there.
695
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:57,689
No, but during the day,
we will certainly run into some people
696
00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,046
and they will ask us where we are going.
697
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:01,282
During the day, you say,
"I'm going to such and such office
698
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:04,011
"to see so and so!"
But at night, you have no excuse.
699
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:06,685
Why are you shaking?
700
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:09,450
I told you I'm afraid of heights.
701
00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:11,045
Afraid at this height?
702
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:13,887
I panic on a step stool.
703
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:15,726
And what about the guards?
704
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:17,210
There is one guard at night.
705
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,567
He stays only on
the floors under construction.
706
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:21,369
We'll have no problem avoiding him.
707
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,841
- And he never goes to the roof.
- Philippe.
708
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:26,440
- Philippe, where are you going?
- We need to get an interphone.
709
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:28,726
This is what you want.
710
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:31,045
You want a walkie-talkie.
711
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:33,850
No, I want an interphone
like this one with the wire.
712
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:34,921
- Like this one?
- Yes.
713
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,120
- This thing here? You don't want that.
- Yes, please.
714
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:39,644
This thing here with the wire?
That's old-fashioned.
715
00:50:39,720 --> 00:50:41,085
What you want... Look at this.
716
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,606
- Wireless.
- No. Please, I just want this interphone.
717
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:44,727
- Like this, okay?
- Okay, buddy.
718
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:47,041
You're not listening to me
'cause I'm trying to do you a favor here.
719
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:49,282
This thing is discontinued,
which means I can't get you a warranty.
720
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:53,166
I don't care. I want this one.
With the wire. Please.
721
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:56,483
Yes. Whatever you want.
722
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:58,130
- Thank you. Okay.
- You're the boss.
723
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:02,325
- Does he think we're a bunch of suckers?
- He's trying to con us.
724
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:04,207
What's wrong with a walkie-talkie?
725
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,086
We need a wire
so the cops can't listen in.
726
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:10,201
Hey guys.
727
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:11,645
If you're planning a drug deal...
728
00:51:11,720 --> 00:51:13,130
or robbing a bank...
729
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:14,201
be careful.
730
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:20,009
You guys thought you were the only ones
who spoke French in New York City.
731
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:21,966
I got it.
732
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:24,080
It's okay. By the way,
733
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:26,162
I have nothing against bank robbers.
734
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:32,524
I say we invite him to dinner.
735
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:35,161
I'm Philippe.
736
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:36,521
I'm Jean-Pierre.
737
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:38,286
It's J.P. in America.
738
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:40,206
J.P.,
739
00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:43,287
welcome to the
Fisher Industrial Fence Company
740
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:44,771
of Fort Lee, New Jersey.
741
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:46,610
Looks like the real thing.
742
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:48,569
- Who made this?
- It's a long story.
743
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:50,449
I'll bet. So, do I get a job title?
744
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:52,124
Yes, because you've
lived in New York the longest,
745
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:54,089
I'll make you Personnel Director.
746
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:56,322
That's cool, man. I like that.
What do I gotta do?
747
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:57,845
Find more accomplices.
748
00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:01,607
I got just the guys.
749
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:03,365
I can help you rig a wire.
750
00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:05,767
I'm unbelievable at tying knots.
751
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:07,171
Used to work on a shrimp boat.
752
00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:10,046
Yeah, man, yeah. I mean, count me in, too.
753
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:12,648
Especially if that wire is really...
754
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:14,525
Really high.
755
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:16,007
You get it?
756
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:17,764
You get it, man, really high!
757
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:20,320
Why the World Trade Towers?
758
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:21,925
Everybody I know hates those ugly boxes.
759
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,243
They look like two big filing cabinets.
760
00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:26,646
Hey, right on.
761
00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:29,769
You know what? Why don't we climb
the Chrysler building, man?
762
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:31,086
That'd be a trip, right?
763
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:32,207
This is bad.
764
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:33,811
I don't trust these two.
765
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:37,121
J.P.
766
00:52:39,080 --> 00:52:40,764
Can we count on these guys?
767
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:42,365
I had short notice.
768
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:43,527
It's them...
769
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:44,681
or two bums off the street.
770
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:54,245
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
The coup is on for tomorrow!
771
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:56,010
Tomorrow is the big day!
772
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:59,004
You all know the plan.
The workers start to arrive at 7:00 a.m.,
773
00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:01,606
so I must be on the wire at 6:00 a.m.
You're not listening.
774
00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:05,249
Why is nobody listening to me when I talk?
Are you paying attention?
775
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:06,367
Philippe, you should eat.
776
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:07,601
Eat?
How can I eat?
777
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:09,091
We have to go over the plan!
778
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:11,727
We've gone over the plan 20 times already.
779
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:15,450
Well, here comes number 21.
780
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:20,046
At 2:00 p.m., we load the van. J.P. drives.
781
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:23,249
We drop Jean-Louis, Annie
and Albert at the North Tower.
782
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:24,560
You rendezvous with Barry.
783
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:26,682
He hides you on his floor
until he can sneak you up
784
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:28,364
in the stairwell to the roof.
785
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:31,569
The rest of us, that's you, J.P.,
you, Jeff, you, David,
786
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:33,050
in our workers disguises,
787
00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:35,282
we bring the walk cable
and the rigging equipment
788
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:37,408
up in the construction elevator.
789
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:39,005
According to my spy work,
we should be able to
790
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:41,128
get up to the 82nd floor.
791
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:43,168
Then when the coast is clear,
and as fast as we can,
792
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:45,886
we bring everything up to the roof
and we start rigging.
793
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:47,689
By midnight, we are finished!
794
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:49,410
Do you hear me? At midnight!
795
00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:52,927
This gives me the time to sneak over
to the North Tower and check the rigging.
796
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:57,090
Because I must have time
to check the rigging on both towers.
797
00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:59,970
Then at dawn, 6:00 a.m.,
798
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:01,845
I take my first step.
799
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:08,131
- Philippe.
- Yes.
800
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:10,250
- I think we should wait.
- No!
801
00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:12,482
To find more competent associates.
802
00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:18,126
It is now or never.
803
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:27,880
The carrots are cooked.
804
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:40,521
Cooked carrots?
805
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:43,083
- What the hell is that about?
- The French.
806
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:44,400
They love their culinary metaphors.
807
00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:46,648
This is a country with
365 different types of cheese,
808
00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:48,205
one for every day of the year,
for Christ's sake.
809
00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:50,080
So, of course they use
the vegetable metaphor.
810
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:53,560
Carrots are cooked.
811
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:56,204
Die is cast. There's no going back now.
812
00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:57,645
Guys, what are we doing here?
813
00:54:57,720 --> 00:55:01,725
Listen, I think what we're doing is cool
but I do not want to go to jail.
814
00:55:02,080 --> 00:55:05,448
Especially not because of some French guy
who's obsessed with vegetables.
815
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,964
Jail. Man, that's a buzzkill, man.
816
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:11,646
The man is obviously crazy. So, what?
817
00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:14,083
Are we just here to watch him die?
818
00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:16,369
Does he even know how to walk a tightrope?
819
00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:18,647
He knows how to walk on a wire.
That's not the problem.
820
00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:21,041
The problem is he's losing his mind.
821
00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:22,849
He's maybe losing his mind,
but he won't give up.
822
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:24,081
He never gives up.
823
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:25,366
He just needs our help.
824
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:26,805
I think he can do this.
825
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:30,408
It will be very... Beau?
826
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:33,647
- Beautiful.
- Yeah.
827
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:38,050
It will be very, beautiful.
828
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:55,763
It was the night before the coup
and, of course, I couldn't sleep.
829
00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:11,207
I had forgotten something very important.
830
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:14,170
I'd forgotten to nail shut the coffin.
831
00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:20,326
Actually, there was no coffin.
832
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:22,209
It was the crate holding the walk cable.
833
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:25,682
But, in my mind,
I had changed this crate into a coffin.
834
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:28,527
Philippe!
835
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:31,329
What are you doing? You're waking up
the whole neighborhood.
836
00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:32,960
Well, I forgot to nail shut the coffin.
837
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:34,970
Stop calling it that!
838
00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:36,690
A coffin is what this may be.
839
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:39,127
That's not funny. What's wrong with you?
840
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:40,361
Do you have a death wish or something?
841
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:42,966
Don't say this word! I never say this word.
842
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:45,448
Come on! Death, coffin, die.
843
00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:47,090
- It's all the same thing.
- Why are you doing this?
844
00:56:47,160 --> 00:56:48,730
Why are you suddenly against me?
845
00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:50,046
Against you?
846
00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:51,450
No one is more supportive.
847
00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:52,930
Then why do you say this word?
848
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:54,286
Why do you put this thought in my head
849
00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:56,089
on the night before
my most dangerous walk?
850
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:59,004
- Why are you so uncaring?
- Uncaring?
851
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:03,683
- You're the most selfish, arrogant...
- Yes, I'm arrogant! I have to be.
852
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,762
To walk on the wire, to command the wire!
853
00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:08,446
And what about your partners?
Your accomplices?
854
00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:11,490
You don't offer them a simple thank you
to let them know they're appreciated!
855
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:14,131
- They know I appreciate them!
- Do they?
856
00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:16,004
Yes! What do you want me to do?
Go in there right now
857
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:17,121
and tell them thank you?
858
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:19,885
I can wake them up and say
"Thank you, everybody! Merci!"
859
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:25,610
- Just come to bed. You're exhausted.
- Annie.
860
00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:28,684
My head is full of doubts.
I don't know if...
861
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:32,450
When I confront the void,
when it's time to step on the wire,
862
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:34,520
I don't know if I'll be able to
take my first step.
863
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:39,203
Your heart will tell you what to do.
864
00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:41,201
Annie.
865
00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:44,089
You're the only one that truly knows me.
866
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,845
It's because of you that
I can do this walk.
867
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:48,729
You give me the strength and the ability.
868
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:50,370
Without you, I couldn't do it.
869
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:54,401
You'll be fine.
870
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:18,646
Everybody, wake up!
871
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:20,529
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
872
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:23,290
There's something I have to tell you
that I have not said before.
873
00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:24,690
It's important.
874
00:58:24,760 --> 00:58:26,842
Thank you. Merci.
875
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:30,767
Now get some rest.
We have a big day tomorrow.
876
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:35,441
You see?
877
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:36,920
He's lost his mind.
878
00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:39,087
What?
879
00:58:57,080 --> 00:58:59,242
Now as soon as we are all
loaded into the van,
880
00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:02,290
I think to myself, "Okay, now it starts."
881
00:59:04,960 --> 00:59:06,928
The coup has begun.
882
00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:11,850
My life is no longer in my command.
883
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:24,450
North Tower Plaza!
884
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:26,249
Come on, make it snappy. I'm in a red zone.
885
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:28,527
With the help of Barry, our inside man,
886
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:31,444
we unload Albert and Jean-Louis
at the North Tower.
887
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:35,002
The plan was for Barry to hide them
in his office until nightfall.
888
00:59:35,080 --> 00:59:36,127
Red zone.
889
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:38,967
Goodbye.
890
00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:40,041
Red zone.
891
00:59:40,160 --> 00:59:41,161
See you soon.
892
00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:43,806
I love you.
893
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:46,331
I love you, too.
894
00:59:56,720 --> 01:00:00,122
Albert and Jean-Louis
both dress like impeccable architects.
895
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:03,926
They carry attaché cases that are heavy
because they're carrying equipment.
896
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:07,482
And they carry a blueprint tube
that contains the bow and arrow.
897
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:11,602
I feel the incline of the ramp
as we drive down
898
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:13,444
into the loading dock of the South Tower
899
01:00:13,520 --> 01:00:17,047
and I knew,
I knew we would be caught right there!
900
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:19,409
Hold it right there, cowboy.
901
01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:24,044
You guys keep quiet back there.
902
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:25,447
What's your business?
903
01:00:25,520 --> 01:00:27,240
Just another delivery.
Fisher Fence Company.
904
01:00:27,360 --> 01:00:29,647
Fisher Fence Company?
What the hell's the Fisher Fence Company?
905
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:31,360
We put in the perimeter fence months ago.
906
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:34,489
Now they want us to come back in,
tear it down and redo it.
907
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:39,531
All right. Down the ramp.
Medium freight loading area.
908
01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:44,042
That cop seemed really suspicious.
909
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:45,321
I almost crapped my pants.
910
01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:52,082
You can get more in there.
911
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:56,890
- Hey! Hey! No way! No way!
- No. No. No.
912
01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:58,325
We got a delivery to the 82nd floor,
913
01:00:58,400 --> 01:00:59,606
Fisher Fence Company.
It's all right here...
914
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:02,047
No, No. Only Met deliveries are going up.
915
01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:05,203
They've got all the elevators leased today.
Come back next week.
916
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:07,328
- Next week?
- Yeah. Next week.
917
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:09,489
All right, come on. Go home.
918
01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:11,007
Did you hear?
919
01:01:11,080 --> 01:01:13,162
The elevators are rented.
It's impossible today.
920
01:01:13,320 --> 01:01:15,687
We're not moving.
Change his mind.
921
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:17,524
We take a pause. Worker's pause.
922
01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:22,481
Hey, excuse me, sir. Before I get
outta your hair, can I get your name?
923
01:01:22,560 --> 01:01:23,686
Frank Cielani.
924
01:01:23,760 --> 01:01:25,364
- Is that Sicilian?
- It's Calabrese.
925
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:28,444
Good. Cause I got these Sicilian neighbors.
They live two floors below me.
926
01:01:28,520 --> 01:01:31,205
They're always cooking calamari.
It stinks my place up to high hell.
927
01:01:31,280 --> 01:01:32,770
It'll do that.
928
01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:36,009
Can you believe this S.O.B. Nixon?
929
01:01:36,080 --> 01:01:38,890
If it was up to me, that son of a bitch
would be in jail rest of his life.
930
01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:40,166
You sound just like my old man.
931
01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:43,323
He said this country went to hell
in a handbasket the day Kennedy got shot.
932
01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:44,765
That's for goddamn sure.
933
01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:47,889
- What'd you say your name was?
- J.P. I was named after J.P. Morgan.
934
01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:58,805
So I sit there helpless,
watching these workers.
935
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:05,886
And in my agitated mind,
936
01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:08,964
it looks like these workers
are moving like snails.
937
01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:18,281
Good night, boys.
938
01:02:19,160 --> 01:02:21,003
Big day. Have a good one.
939
01:02:23,160 --> 01:02:24,650
You wallflowers still here?
940
01:02:26,040 --> 01:02:27,769
Look, Mr. Cielani, I'm
gonna level with you.
941
01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:29,365
If we don't make this delivery,
we're gonna get fired,
942
01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:31,920
and Phil here, he's a dead duck for sure.
943
01:02:33,200 --> 01:02:35,601
- What do you got? Where're you going?
- 82nd floor.
944
01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:40,522
Hey, Jimmy!
Take these frogs up to the 82nd floor.
945
01:02:40,880 --> 01:02:43,804
- You're kidding me, right?
- Come on. It's your last ride, okay?
946
01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:45,325
- Okay.
- Thank you, sir. Appreciate it...
947
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:47,084
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Quitting time!
948
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:00,442
- Which floor?
- We're going to the...
949
01:03:00,520 --> 01:03:01,885
The 110th floor.
950
01:03:03,240 --> 01:03:05,810
110? There's nothing up there.
That's just the mechanical floor.
951
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:08,450
Yes, but it is perfect for us.
We need to be close to the roof.
952
01:03:08,520 --> 01:03:10,363
The roof? Why the roof?
953
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:13,282
Because we have
all the pieces for the antenna.
954
01:03:13,360 --> 01:03:14,441
- The antenna.
- And the antenna mast.
955
01:03:14,560 --> 01:03:16,483
- The antenna mast.
- And the electrified security fence.
956
01:03:16,560 --> 01:03:18,483
We have all the components
for the insulators.
957
01:03:18,560 --> 01:03:19,800
Insulators. We have to measure...
958
01:03:19,880 --> 01:03:22,360
Yes, until we measure,
we cannot install any of the wiring.
959
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:23,850
The aerial system. We're
four months behind.
960
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:24,921
It's a big problem.
961
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:26,764
Whatever. Just watch your fingers.
962
01:03:35,720 --> 01:03:36,881
Okay, J.P.
963
01:03:37,080 --> 01:03:40,448
When we get to the 110th floor,
we'll throw the equipment out.
964
01:03:40,800 --> 01:03:42,484
You get this guy down.
965
01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:51,561
We've had a lucky break.
966
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:54,330
This elevator is taking
us to the 110th floor.
967
01:03:54,400 --> 01:03:58,962
But this means that J.P. has to get
this elevator operator back down.
968
01:03:59,040 --> 01:04:01,327
If he stays with us, the coup is finished.
969
01:04:04,720 --> 01:04:05,846
110th.
970
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:17,771
Jimmy. Really appreciate this, man.
971
01:04:18,120 --> 01:04:19,121
Hey, let me buy you a beer.
972
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:21,601
These guys, they gotta offload.
They got tons of inventory to do.
973
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:24,047
It's gonna take them forever.
They'll find their way home.
974
01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:27,809
- Whatever. Watch your fingers.
- All right.
975
01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:30,443
Kommedas. What is that, Greek?
976
01:04:30,520 --> 01:04:33,888
I got a Greek guy living two floors
below me, always eating lamb.
977
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:36,370
Nothing but lamb.
978
01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:47,881
Oh, man.
This is becoming a real bummer, man.
979
01:04:50,040 --> 01:04:51,121
We unload here.
980
01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:54,807
Okay.
981
01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:06,444
- Okay.
- Oh, man.
982
01:05:06,880 --> 01:05:10,771
We take the cable first. If anyone stops us,
we tell them it's the antenna guylines.
983
01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:13,688
- This shit is really heavy, man.
- Quiet.
984
01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:16,250
I mean, like, really heavy.
985
01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:19,171
Like heavy heavy, not bullshit heavy.
986
01:05:20,360 --> 01:05:23,648
Oh, man. This scene is giving me
really bad vibes, man.
987
01:05:24,560 --> 01:05:25,766
Oh, shit.
988
01:05:25,840 --> 01:05:27,763
Oh, shit, it's the pigs!
989
01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:29,649
- Oh, man, the pigs are here, man!
- Hide, hide, hide.
990
01:05:29,720 --> 01:05:32,371
Oh, man. Oh, man. The jig is up, man.
991
01:05:32,840 --> 01:05:36,083
Oh, man. Oh, man.
This is freaking me out, man.
992
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:37,406
It's just down there.
993
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:39,643
- It's okay.
- I can't do this, man.
994
01:05:40,280 --> 01:05:42,408
I am wigging out, man.
995
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:45,324
Okay, just listen. We don't need you.
You go. Okay?
996
01:05:45,400 --> 01:05:46,890
- I'll go.
- Go.
997
01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:48,600
No, that stairwell.
998
01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:51,365
No, that stairway to the 82nd floor.
999
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:53,488
To the 82nd floor, there's an elevator.
1000
01:05:53,560 --> 01:05:56,643
Listen, man. Look, I really want to
help you guys do something radical.
1001
01:05:56,720 --> 01:05:59,290
Okay, man? But, you know...
Oh, man!
1002
01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:02,250
Oh, man. I'm shagging ass, man.
1003
01:06:53,960 --> 01:06:56,690
Our only hope is maybe
this guard will move to another floor
1004
01:06:56,760 --> 01:06:59,047
or maybe once it gets dark
we'll sneak past him.
1005
01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:01,766
But I must admit, by this time,
1006
01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:04,731
I was very worried
the coup was over already.
1007
01:07:07,640 --> 01:07:09,165
Hey, Annie!
1008
01:07:09,280 --> 01:07:12,045
- Hey, I've been looking all over for you.
- Is everything okay?
1009
01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:14,362
We hit a little snag,
but I think everything's all right.
1010
01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:15,521
Okay.
1011
01:07:31,880 --> 01:07:33,450
Jesus Christ.
1012
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:36,561
I can't believe they don't gate this shaft.
1013
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:39,570
Somebody's gonna get killed.
1014
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:50,000
So there we sit, balancing
on this steel I-beam for an eternity.
1015
01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:52,287
And the worst part, the most painful part
1016
01:07:52,360 --> 01:07:55,489
was our heavy construction shoes
killing our feet.
1017
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,529
I see the walkie-talkie,
but I don't see the guard.
1018
01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:30,208
So what does this mean? Is the guard gone?
1019
01:09:30,680 --> 01:09:33,286
Is he still there,
just standing outside of my view?
1020
01:09:33,360 --> 01:09:36,443
He wouldn't leave his
walkie-talkie unattended, would he?
1021
01:09:36,800 --> 01:09:37,801
I turn to Jeff
1022
01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:40,928
and I see the terror on Jeff's face.
1023
01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:44,049
And his terror begins to seep into my mind.
1024
01:09:44,120 --> 01:09:47,602
And I start to conjure
these hideous thoughts myself.
1025
01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:03,765
Time passes. I keep looking and looking
1026
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:06,923
and this walkie-talkie just sits there
and I'm wondering,
1027
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:10,322
"What is going on with this security guard
and his walkie-talkie?"
1028
01:10:10,800 --> 01:10:12,370
"Is he just playing with me?"
1029
01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:15,170
"Is he waiting for me to come out
so he can laugh at me?"
1030
01:10:15,240 --> 01:10:16,241
"Is he asleep?"
1031
01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:20,685
Then about an hour after nightfall...
1032
01:10:32,320 --> 01:10:33,321
He's gone.
1033
01:11:09,160 --> 01:11:10,366
Is the guard gone?
1034
01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:12,086
I don't see him.
1035
01:11:14,960 --> 01:11:16,689
Three hours behind schedule.
1036
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:49,481
What's wrong with him?
1037
01:11:49,560 --> 01:11:50,561
I don't know.
1038
01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:52,130
Could be on drugs.
1039
01:11:53,400 --> 01:11:55,004
Or he's dead.
1040
01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:18,690
Look! He made it.
1041
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:22,601
He's ready to shoot!
1042
01:12:22,920 --> 01:12:24,001
Watch the guard.
1043
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:30,687
Jean-Louis and I had worked out
some hand signals.
1044
01:12:30,760 --> 01:12:33,490
So now he was telling me he's ready
to shoot the arrow.
1045
01:12:33,560 --> 01:12:36,803
He's supposed to signal,
and then five seconds later, he shoots.
1046
01:12:43,800 --> 01:12:46,371
But after five seconds, nothing happens.
1047
01:12:48,680 --> 01:12:52,287
I listen for the sound of the arrow
hitting, but I hear nothing.
1048
01:12:52,360 --> 01:12:54,089
I look around. I see nothing.
1049
01:12:54,160 --> 01:12:56,401
I think maybe the arrow has flown too far.
1050
01:12:56,760 --> 01:13:01,243
So I wave my arms around hoping
I'll feel this invisible fishing line,
1051
01:13:01,320 --> 01:13:03,288
but I feel nothing.
1052
01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:20,120
Philippe!
What the hell are you doing?
1053
01:13:20,200 --> 01:13:21,440
Looking for the fishing line!
1054
01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:25,361
So I take off my clothes, thinking
that with more surface of bare skin.
1055
01:13:25,480 --> 01:13:28,290
I'll have a greater chance of feeling
this fishing line.
1056
01:13:28,640 --> 01:13:29,641
Can I help?
1057
01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:31,485
No!
Watch the guard!
1058
01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:38,081
No, no, no.
1059
01:13:58,640 --> 01:13:59,641
Philippe!
1060
01:14:02,680 --> 01:14:04,728
The guard is gone!
1061
01:14:05,800 --> 01:14:07,130
So, I throw my clothes back on
1062
01:14:07,200 --> 01:14:10,204
and we run our gear up to the roof
as fast as we can.
1063
01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:35,530
Listen, I think we should get some rest
and come back before sunrise.
1064
01:14:35,800 --> 01:14:36,801
You go. I'm staying.
1065
01:14:36,880 --> 01:14:38,564
- All night?
- Yeah.
1066
01:14:39,640 --> 01:14:40,880
Annie, there's nothing
you can do from down here.
1067
01:14:40,960 --> 01:14:43,361
Either Philippe is gonna pull this off
or he's not.
1068
01:14:43,440 --> 01:14:44,680
Besides, you look really suspicious
1069
01:14:44,760 --> 01:14:47,280
standing out here with some binoculars
hanging around your neck.
1070
01:14:47,840 --> 01:14:48,921
Well, I'll keep moving.
1071
01:14:49,400 --> 01:14:52,244
- It's New York City. It's dangerous.
- I'll be fine.
1072
01:14:56,440 --> 01:14:58,568
Wonder if Philippe knows
you're still out here.
1073
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:05,520
I'll bring you a donut in the morning.
1074
01:15:06,080 --> 01:15:07,081
Thank you.
1075
01:15:38,840 --> 01:15:40,888
Okay, good. He marked it.
1076
01:15:53,880 --> 01:15:54,961
Jean-Louis's mark!
1077
01:16:02,800 --> 01:16:04,802
Hello, hello, Jean-Louis.
How do you hear me?
1078
01:16:04,880 --> 01:16:06,120
Loud and clear.
1079
01:16:06,480 --> 01:16:08,881
Okay, good. We have communication.
I'm going to measure the rope
1080
01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:11,048
to find out where to put the cavalettis.
1081
01:16:11,160 --> 01:16:12,161
Here.
1082
01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:14,927
But, whatever you do...
1083
01:16:16,360 --> 01:16:17,805
I'll guard it with my life.
1084
01:17:16,400 --> 01:17:18,164
Garbowski, you awake?
1085
01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:21,361
That's very funny.
1086
01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:24,251
I need you to check something down on 37th.
1087
01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:25,925
Yeah? What do you got?
1088
01:17:26,040 --> 01:17:29,362
How's about a pepperoni and sausage
with extra cheese?
1089
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:31,721
Now you're talking.
1090
01:17:53,720 --> 01:17:55,006
That was close.
1091
01:17:56,440 --> 01:17:57,566
We need an alarm signal.
1092
01:18:14,120 --> 01:18:15,690
Fine Okay. I bolted the
cavalettis in place.
1093
01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:17,649
We're ready to pass across the wire.
Are you ready?
1094
01:18:17,720 --> 01:18:18,801
Yes.
1095
01:18:18,920 --> 01:18:21,605
Okay, first I pass the heavy rope,
then the walk cable.
1096
01:18:29,520 --> 01:18:30,806
We got the rope.
1097
01:18:30,880 --> 01:18:32,564
Okay, we're sending the cable.
1098
01:19:13,560 --> 01:19:14,891
Okay, okay.
1099
01:19:24,840 --> 01:19:26,649
Hold it. Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
1100
01:20:25,320 --> 01:20:26,970
We have a problem.
1101
01:20:27,600 --> 01:20:30,080
We will do everything we can
to pull up the cable.
1102
01:20:31,520 --> 01:20:33,761
It's only a few hours before daylight.
1103
01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:37,684
We will do everything we can.
1104
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:54,604
Philippe, this is crazy.
We're never going to finish at this rate.
1105
01:20:54,760 --> 01:20:56,364
Yes, we will. We will finish.
1106
01:20:56,720 --> 01:20:58,484
No, we're not! We're not!
1107
01:20:58,640 --> 01:21:00,130
We're all gonna get caught and go to jail.
1108
01:21:00,200 --> 01:21:01,361
And I don't want to go to jail.
1109
01:21:01,440 --> 01:21:03,044
And the rigging isn't safe.
1110
01:21:03,120 --> 01:21:05,964
I'm not gonna watch you fall.
I'm leaving, okay. I quit.
1111
01:21:06,120 --> 01:21:09,010
Okay, Albert, listen to me.
Yes, I agree with you, okay?
1112
01:21:09,080 --> 01:21:11,287
And if the rigging is not done by daylight
1113
01:21:11,360 --> 01:21:15,126
and if the rigging is not safe,
then I'll give up.
1114
01:21:28,240 --> 01:21:30,322
Hey, look who made it through the night.
1115
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:33,280
- I got you a donut.
- Thank you.
1116
01:21:34,120 --> 01:21:35,485
Hey, the wire's up!
1117
01:21:35,920 --> 01:21:37,490
Yeah, but it's not tight yet.
1118
01:21:38,520 --> 01:21:39,760
Something's wrong.
1119
01:21:44,480 --> 01:21:45,720
Philippe, are you there?
1120
01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:47,325
Yes, yes, I'm here.
1121
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:50,649
The good news is the cable is tied off
and secured on this end.
1122
01:21:50,840 --> 01:21:53,081
The bad news is Albert has quit.
1123
01:21:53,160 --> 01:21:55,970
Albert has quit. He said the sun is rising
and the coup is off.
1124
01:21:56,040 --> 01:21:58,610
Wait, did you put wood between
the anchor points and the cable?
1125
01:21:58,680 --> 01:22:01,001
Philippe, did you hear me?
Albert is on strike.
1126
01:22:01,160 --> 01:22:03,083
He will no longer lift a finger to help me.
1127
01:22:03,160 --> 01:22:05,208
Not only that, he smuggled a camera up here
1128
01:22:05,280 --> 01:22:07,080
and he's going to take pictures
and sell them.
1129
01:22:07,680 --> 01:22:10,365
I knew it.
I told you I knew we couldn't trust him.
1130
01:22:11,040 --> 01:22:14,601
Well my friend...
it's just you and me.
1131
01:22:17,000 --> 01:22:20,766
And one more thing,
you will always be my Photograph Official.
1132
01:22:29,200 --> 01:22:30,486
It's working!
1133
01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:38,403
The cable's moving!
1134
01:22:42,240 --> 01:22:43,571
He's going for it.
1135
01:22:44,240 --> 01:22:46,049
Look. It's moving up.
1136
01:23:07,800 --> 01:23:09,484
The wheel!
1137
01:23:12,360 --> 01:23:14,124
Come on!
I need your help!
1138
01:23:16,720 --> 01:23:19,041
The elevator is on its way up!
The workers will be here any moment!
1139
01:23:19,280 --> 01:23:21,760
Follow me!
We have to tighten the cavalettis!
1140
01:23:21,960 --> 01:23:23,644
Philippe, I can't do that!
1141
01:23:24,400 --> 01:23:25,765
Jeff, I'm begging you!
1142
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:28,161
If you don't help now,
the coup is over.
1143
01:23:28,680 --> 01:23:30,603
I can't do that.
1144
01:23:30,760 --> 01:23:31,886
Don't look down.
1145
01:23:31,960 --> 01:23:32,961
Don't think about it.
1146
01:23:33,080 --> 01:23:34,081
Come on.
1147
01:23:34,680 --> 01:23:35,681
Help me review.
1148
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:38,048
- Seven times seven?
- Forty nine.
1149
01:23:38,760 --> 01:23:40,364
Nine times eight?
1150
01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:42,443
- Seventy two.
- Okay.
1151
01:23:43,920 --> 01:23:44,921
Watch.
1152
01:23:48,120 --> 01:23:49,610
Turn this way.
1153
01:23:49,680 --> 01:23:50,761
Okay.
1154
01:23:54,960 --> 01:23:56,803
Stay here.
I'll tighten the next one.
1155
01:23:57,560 --> 01:23:58,971
Don't leave me!
1156
01:24:04,120 --> 01:24:06,441
- Seven times eight!
- Fifty-six.
1157
01:24:07,720 --> 01:24:11,042
- Ninety six divided by eight!
- Twelve!
1158
01:24:15,320 --> 01:24:16,970
Let's go!
1159
01:24:20,960 --> 01:24:22,803
You did great.
Thank you.
1160
01:24:23,840 --> 01:24:25,330
The wheel.
1161
01:26:20,720 --> 01:26:22,160
What were you going to do with that?
1162
01:26:22,280 --> 01:26:23,281
With what?
1163
01:26:28,160 --> 01:26:32,290
And that was the moment in my adventure
I call, "The Mysterious Visitor."
1164
01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:35,844
I have no idea who he is.
I've never seen him again.
1165
01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:38,807
And I can only imagine
what he must have thought.
1166
01:26:47,000 --> 01:26:49,401
Now it's time for me to put on my costume.
1167
01:26:49,480 --> 01:26:51,209
But I have to do this privately,
1168
01:26:51,280 --> 01:26:53,726
so my dressing room is the very ledge
of the building.
1169
01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:56,450
Not visible from the streets of Manhattan.
1170
01:26:56,520 --> 01:26:59,649
The dressing room is also something
that Papa Rudy taught me.
1171
01:26:59,800 --> 01:27:02,326
This is where the
transformation takes place.
1172
01:27:02,400 --> 01:27:04,482
This is where the disguised impostor,
1173
01:27:04,800 --> 01:27:07,451
the intruder, becomes the performer.
1174
01:27:07,800 --> 01:27:09,325
The artist.
1175
01:27:09,960 --> 01:27:12,327
Oh, my God! He's falling!
1176
01:27:14,480 --> 01:27:17,484
No, it's just his shirt.
1177
01:27:18,160 --> 01:27:19,764
It's just his shirt.
1178
01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:24,002
Hey. Nothing yet, huh?
1179
01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:27,160
Well, he better get cracking.
1180
01:27:34,800 --> 01:27:36,768
I lost my costume!
1181
01:27:36,880 --> 01:27:38,166
This is a tragedy!
1182
01:27:38,240 --> 01:27:40,004
The biggest stage of my life,
and I lose my costume!
1183
01:27:40,080 --> 01:27:41,923
It falls off the edge. I have no costume!
1184
01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:43,001
What?
1185
01:27:43,080 --> 01:27:44,206
I lost my turtleneck!
1186
01:27:44,400 --> 01:27:45,845
This is not my costume!
1187
01:27:47,360 --> 01:27:48,361
What should we do?
1188
01:27:53,520 --> 01:27:54,931
We do it. We do it anyway.
1189
01:27:55,040 --> 01:27:58,044
I walk in this ridiculous undershirt,
but we do it.
1190
01:28:58,640 --> 01:29:01,769
I have one foot on the building
and one foot on the wire.
1191
01:29:03,200 --> 01:29:06,443
And the outside world starts to disappear.
1192
01:29:16,600 --> 01:29:18,489
Jeff no longer existed.
1193
01:29:20,200 --> 01:29:22,407
My tower was deserted.
1194
01:29:35,320 --> 01:29:38,085
I no longer heard the sounds of New York.
1195
01:29:38,680 --> 01:29:40,569
Everything fell silent.
1196
01:29:43,320 --> 01:29:45,482
All I could see was the wire,
1197
01:29:46,040 --> 01:29:49,328
floating out in a straight
line to infinity.
1198
01:29:55,920 --> 01:29:58,287
And if I were to shift my weight,
1199
01:29:58,960 --> 01:30:01,201
I would become a wire walker.
1200
01:31:15,760 --> 01:31:18,525
As soon as my entire
weight is on the cable,
1201
01:31:18,920 --> 01:31:22,208
I feel immediately a
feeling I know by heart.
1202
01:31:22,840 --> 01:31:25,081
I feel the wire supporting me.
1203
01:31:25,360 --> 01:31:27,806
I feel the towers supporting the wire.
1204
01:31:28,160 --> 01:31:30,128
Oh, my God! He's doing it.
1205
01:31:30,280 --> 01:31:33,727
He's doing it! Do you see? Oh, my God!
1206
01:31:33,920 --> 01:31:35,763
He's doing it!
1207
01:31:36,400 --> 01:31:41,008
Everybody! Everybody stop! Look!
There's a wire walker!
1208
01:31:41,080 --> 01:31:42,047
There!
1209
01:31:42,120 --> 01:31:46,091
Yes! Yes! Yes! You did it!
1210
01:32:08,120 --> 01:32:11,920
I approach the first cavaletti,
and it's upside down.
1211
01:32:13,960 --> 01:32:18,409
But I look closer and it seems okay.
1212
01:32:26,720 --> 01:32:29,724
Thank you, Papa Rudy,
for suggesting the three bolts.
1213
01:32:50,200 --> 01:32:52,248
Watch the birdie, Philippe.
1214
01:33:01,680 --> 01:33:02,886
Philippe.
1215
01:33:04,520 --> 01:33:07,808
Come on, Philippe. You're doing it.
You're doing it, Philippe.
1216
01:33:26,040 --> 01:33:28,247
Oh, my God!
1217
01:33:31,040 --> 01:33:32,644
That's brilliant!
1218
01:33:32,720 --> 01:33:34,449
I arrive at the North Tower
1219
01:33:34,520 --> 01:33:37,364
feeling the most intense joy,
1220
01:33:37,440 --> 01:33:41,525
the most profound satisfaction
I've ever felt in my life.
1221
01:33:42,040 --> 01:33:46,045
Philippe! Come on, Philippe.
Philippe, okay. Yeah, working man. Okay.
1222
01:33:46,880 --> 01:33:49,121
All right, now over your right shoulder?
1223
01:33:49,200 --> 01:33:50,770
Philippe, smile.
1224
01:33:55,720 --> 01:33:58,041
My friend, thank you.
1225
01:34:19,440 --> 01:34:23,206
I had finished my crossing,
the coup was over.
1226
01:34:24,560 --> 01:34:27,086
But then I looked over at the South Tower
1227
01:34:28,240 --> 01:34:30,083
and it was still calling to me.
1228
01:34:35,840 --> 01:34:37,649
So I'm thinking,
1229
01:34:39,000 --> 01:34:41,002
maybe I should get back on my wire.
1230
01:34:43,880 --> 01:34:45,120
He's coming back out.
1231
01:35:25,560 --> 01:35:28,040
And then I feel something
1232
01:35:28,120 --> 01:35:31,966
that maybe I've never truly felt before.
1233
01:35:36,160 --> 01:35:37,685
I feel thankful.
1234
01:35:43,600 --> 01:35:46,570
So, I get down on one knee
1235
01:35:46,640 --> 01:35:47,971
and I salute.
1236
01:35:49,040 --> 01:35:51,247
First, I salute the wire,
1237
01:35:52,200 --> 01:35:54,168
then the towers,
1238
01:35:55,200 --> 01:35:58,966
and then I salute the
great city of New York.
1239
01:36:25,200 --> 01:36:28,283
Then, as I stand, I see two uniforms.
1240
01:36:28,360 --> 01:36:29,805
The cops.
1241
01:36:30,400 --> 01:36:33,006
Christ Almighty, what the hell is that?
1242
01:36:34,720 --> 01:36:35,721
Cuff him.
1243
01:36:35,800 --> 01:36:37,564
Hey! Get your hands on your head.
1244
01:36:37,640 --> 01:36:38,846
Get down! Get down!
1245
01:36:38,920 --> 01:36:40,729
Get your hands on your head. Down!
1246
01:36:41,160 --> 01:36:42,764
I'm French. I don't speak English.
1247
01:36:42,840 --> 01:36:43,966
What?
1248
01:36:44,040 --> 01:36:46,610
Holy shit. This one's a frog.
1249
01:36:46,680 --> 01:36:48,284
French, I'm French.
1250
01:36:50,480 --> 01:36:53,689
You and twinkle toes are in a
lot of trouble, you know that?
1251
01:36:56,240 --> 01:36:57,650
Look, fella.
1252
01:36:57,720 --> 01:36:59,802
Just come on in
1253
01:37:00,400 --> 01:37:03,404
and we'll talk about it, all right?
1254
01:37:04,960 --> 01:37:06,485
Okay, buddy. Come on.
1255
01:37:06,560 --> 01:37:08,289
Come on in. Yeah.
1256
01:37:08,360 --> 01:37:09,521
Show's over.
1257
01:37:09,600 --> 01:37:11,409
Okay. Come on.
1258
01:37:12,360 --> 01:37:14,203
Parlez-vous American-o?
1259
01:37:17,840 --> 01:37:18,966
Careful!
1260
01:37:23,480 --> 01:37:24,766
Jesus!
1261
01:37:25,640 --> 01:37:27,688
These officers, God bless them,
1262
01:37:27,760 --> 01:37:30,809
they remind me of my days
when I had to run from the police.
1263
01:37:30,880 --> 01:37:33,645
But they can't follow me up here.
1264
01:37:33,720 --> 01:37:35,324
What the hell do we do now?
1265
01:37:57,520 --> 01:38:01,889
By now, I'm becoming aware of the people
on the ground below, watching me.
1266
01:38:02,320 --> 01:38:04,209
My audience.
1267
01:38:04,280 --> 01:38:08,205
And even though this is something
a wire walker should never do,
1268
01:38:08,280 --> 01:38:10,282
I look down.
1269
01:38:37,960 --> 01:38:40,167
And it was...
1270
01:38:43,200 --> 01:38:44,964
It was peaceful.
1271
01:38:45,040 --> 01:38:47,407
It was calm and serene.
1272
01:38:48,200 --> 01:38:49,929
Not dangerous.
1273
01:38:55,240 --> 01:38:56,526
Did you hear that?
1274
01:38:57,080 --> 01:38:58,490
Someone's coming. Go. Go, go now.
1275
01:38:58,560 --> 01:39:01,848
Go, go, go. Go.
1276
01:39:01,920 --> 01:39:03,490
- Go, go, go.
- Okay.
1277
01:39:13,200 --> 01:39:14,486
- They're over here.
- We're on the roof.
1278
01:39:14,560 --> 01:39:15,800
Hey, buddy!
1279
01:39:16,160 --> 01:39:17,685
What are you doing out there?
1280
01:39:19,480 --> 01:39:21,448
Jesus. Hey, get a load of this!
1281
01:39:21,520 --> 01:39:22,850
This fool has gone and lost his mind.
1282
01:39:22,920 --> 01:39:23,921
Hey. Hey, pallie.
1283
01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:25,843
Why don't you come down
off that thing, all right?
1284
01:39:25,920 --> 01:39:27,160
Why you doing this?
1285
01:39:27,920 --> 01:39:29,206
Come on.
1286
01:39:29,280 --> 01:39:32,010
Okay, hey. Stop wastin' everyone's time!
1287
01:39:32,080 --> 01:39:33,969
Come on. Get down off that wire now!
1288
01:39:34,040 --> 01:39:35,007
Quit foolin' around.
1289
01:39:35,080 --> 01:39:36,730
Okay, hey, hard-on.
1290
01:39:37,120 --> 01:39:39,009
Shit. Shit.
1291
01:39:39,080 --> 01:39:40,366
Hey, hey, hey.
1292
01:39:40,440 --> 01:39:41,850
Don't fall, buddy!
1293
01:39:41,920 --> 01:39:43,570
Hey, hey, don't go fallin'!
1294
01:39:44,160 --> 01:39:46,811
- Goddamn it.
- Freakin' believe this little pissant?
1295
01:39:47,600 --> 01:39:50,649
Now with police on both rooftops,
I have no choice.
1296
01:39:50,720 --> 01:39:52,210
I have to stay on my wire.
1297
01:39:53,960 --> 01:39:55,325
- Buddy.
- No. No.
1298
01:40:24,360 --> 01:40:26,124
Unbelievable.
1299
01:40:47,120 --> 01:40:48,406
All right. You get him.
1300
01:40:48,520 --> 01:40:50,204
- I got your back.
- Yeah, okay. I...
1301
01:40:50,280 --> 01:40:51,361
- You got me?
- I got you.
1302
01:40:51,480 --> 01:40:52,561
- You got me, okay?
- Yes.
1303
01:40:52,640 --> 01:40:54,005
Okay, come on.
1304
01:40:54,440 --> 01:40:55,601
- That's it. Nice and slowly.
- All right.
1305
01:40:55,680 --> 01:40:56,841
- Let's go.
- All right, come on.
1306
01:40:56,920 --> 01:40:58,729
- That's it. Nice and slowly, buddy.
- Got it.
1307
01:40:59,160 --> 01:41:00,241
- Hold.
- That's it.
1308
01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:01,845
Come on, buddy.
1309
01:41:01,920 --> 01:41:03,285
Okay.
1310
01:41:03,640 --> 01:41:05,005
Here we go.
1311
01:41:05,640 --> 01:41:07,881
Here we go. Yeah.
1312
01:41:08,840 --> 01:41:11,207
Okay, man. Yeah.
1313
01:41:11,280 --> 01:41:13,442
Here we... Okay. One more.
1314
01:41:14,520 --> 01:41:16,522
- What... What are you doing?
- Damn.
1315
01:41:16,840 --> 01:41:18,205
What are you doing?
1316
01:41:19,640 --> 01:41:21,050
- You S.O.B.!
- Damn.
1317
01:41:21,120 --> 01:41:22,281
Come on!
1318
01:41:22,360 --> 01:41:24,010
Unbelievable!
1319
01:42:08,840 --> 01:42:10,649
Now I've seen everything.
1320
01:42:10,720 --> 01:42:11,960
Damn straight.
1321
01:42:12,040 --> 01:42:13,644
This dude is righteous.
1322
01:42:13,720 --> 01:42:15,165
He better start wrapping it up.
1323
01:42:15,240 --> 01:42:16,969
There's a storm front moving in.
1324
01:42:17,040 --> 01:42:18,246
Okay, Philippe.
1325
01:42:18,400 --> 01:42:19,640
Time to stop.
1326
01:42:24,000 --> 01:42:28,562
There on my back, the sky fills my vision.
1327
01:42:28,640 --> 01:42:29,880
The clouds,
1328
01:42:32,040 --> 01:42:33,724
they're like music.
1329
01:42:36,480 --> 01:42:38,847
Then, something appears.
1330
01:42:41,280 --> 01:42:42,610
An apparition.
1331
01:42:42,680 --> 01:42:43,920
A bird!
1332
01:42:45,560 --> 01:42:47,722
This bird is looking at me.
1333
01:42:48,520 --> 01:42:51,444
And I feel this silent threat.
1334
01:43:01,440 --> 01:43:02,521
Easy. Easy.
1335
01:43:02,600 --> 01:43:03,761
Easy!
1336
01:43:10,880 --> 01:43:13,201
Suddenly, I'm invaded by doubts.
1337
01:43:13,280 --> 01:43:16,090
I'm thinking maybe
the cable is tired of supporting me.
1338
01:43:16,480 --> 01:43:18,801
What if my towers are
talking to each other?
1339
01:43:18,920 --> 01:43:21,280
What if they've had enough?
What if they decide to eject me?
1340
01:43:25,440 --> 01:43:26,726
No, no, no. He's okay.
1341
01:43:26,800 --> 01:43:30,600
I'm thinking maybe it's time
for me to end this trespassing.
1342
01:43:39,280 --> 01:43:42,045
This is the New York Port Authority Police!
1343
01:43:44,200 --> 01:43:47,522
Remove yourself from the wire immediately.
1344
01:43:47,600 --> 01:43:50,649
You're in violation of
about 100 city ordinances.
1345
01:43:57,600 --> 01:44:00,410
I want you off that wire immediately
1346
01:44:00,480 --> 01:44:04,610
or we will be forced to take steps
to remove you from it.
1347
01:44:04,960 --> 01:44:06,485
You tell him to come in!
1348
01:44:06,560 --> 01:44:07,925
Philippe!
1349
01:44:08,000 --> 01:44:10,002
They're crazy!
They want to kill you!
1350
01:44:10,200 --> 01:44:11,565
They're going to cut the cable!
1351
01:44:15,480 --> 01:44:16,527
Philippe!
1352
01:44:23,000 --> 01:44:24,684
You tell him to come in!
1353
01:44:25,400 --> 01:44:26,810
Philippe!
1354
01:44:26,880 --> 01:44:30,805
They're insane!
They're going to cut the cable!
1355
01:44:33,960 --> 01:44:38,284
But I can't end my walk
on a moment of doubt
1356
01:44:38,360 --> 01:44:41,091
with curled shoulders and hanging head.
1357
01:44:42,560 --> 01:44:43,925
I decide.
1358
01:44:44,520 --> 01:44:48,241
I will only leave my wire and my towers
1359
01:44:48,320 --> 01:44:49,526
in victory.
1360
01:45:33,080 --> 01:45:34,525
Nice and close, now.
1361
01:45:36,280 --> 01:45:37,770
I got you.
1362
01:45:39,400 --> 01:45:41,129
Reach. Grab him, grab him.
1363
01:45:43,000 --> 01:45:44,604
Attaboy. There you go.
1364
01:45:50,760 --> 01:45:53,730
Officers of the New York Police Department,
1365
01:45:54,760 --> 01:45:56,046
thank you for your patience.
1366
01:45:56,160 --> 01:45:57,844
I announce my arrival to the police.
1367
01:45:57,920 --> 01:46:01,049
- My walk between these magnificent towers...
- I tell them my work is finished.
1368
01:46:01,120 --> 01:46:02,360
Is now finished.
1369
01:46:02,440 --> 01:46:04,522
But my walk is not finished.
1370
01:46:04,600 --> 01:46:06,728
I still have three more steps to do.
1371
01:46:19,880 --> 01:46:21,210
Are you okay?
1372
01:46:21,280 --> 01:46:22,361
Easy.
1373
01:46:38,960 --> 01:46:40,849
- Okay, come on. Come on.
- All right.
1374
01:46:44,400 --> 01:46:45,811
- I got it. I got it.
- Careful.
1375
01:46:45,920 --> 01:46:48,161
My name is Philippe Petit.
I'm a wire walker.
1376
01:46:48,640 --> 01:46:50,847
- Get down, smart-ass.
- Come on.
1377
01:46:50,920 --> 01:46:52,160
Show's over.
1378
01:46:52,240 --> 01:46:53,321
Bobby, hook him up.
1379
01:47:09,360 --> 01:47:11,010
Bring it in!
1380
01:47:13,800 --> 01:47:14,926
What'd you think?
1381
01:47:15,760 --> 01:47:17,125
Told you. Told you.
1382
01:47:17,240 --> 01:47:18,366
Oh, my God.
1383
01:47:18,840 --> 01:47:20,649
Philippe, you've done it.
1384
01:47:21,080 --> 01:47:22,411
My Philippe.
1385
01:47:27,760 --> 01:47:29,569
No, no, no! No, don't cut the wire!
1386
01:47:29,640 --> 01:47:30,607
Don't cut my wire!
1387
01:47:30,680 --> 01:47:31,681
- Shut up!
- No!
1388
01:47:31,760 --> 01:47:34,001
- Nobody gives a damn about your wire!
- There's too much tension!
1389
01:47:34,080 --> 01:47:35,923
It will snap! It will hurt somebody!
You have to believe me!
1390
01:47:36,000 --> 01:47:38,287
- Hold on. Hold on, guys.
- You have to loosen it with the grip hoist.
1391
01:47:38,360 --> 01:47:39,930
He's right. Where's the handle?
1392
01:47:40,000 --> 01:47:42,890
It's hidden in a hole in the wall.
1393
01:48:12,920 --> 01:48:14,251
There he is.
1394
01:48:14,960 --> 01:48:16,291
Make a hole, make a hole!
1395
01:48:17,040 --> 01:48:19,202
All right. Out of the way!
1396
01:48:40,880 --> 01:48:42,041
Watch your fingers.
1397
01:48:42,160 --> 01:48:43,491
They're comin' down, Lou.
1398
01:49:02,800 --> 01:49:04,210
I gotta hand it to you damn frogs.
1399
01:49:04,280 --> 01:49:06,282
You sure pulled the wool over my eyes.
1400
01:49:08,680 --> 01:49:10,205
I gotta tell ya.
1401
01:49:10,280 --> 01:49:11,930
What you did was somethin'.
1402
01:49:12,920 --> 01:49:15,969
I know I'll never see anything like that
again in my life.
1403
01:49:17,240 --> 01:49:18,844
You got guts, pal.
1404
01:49:19,800 --> 01:49:21,040
Good job.
1405
01:49:42,920 --> 01:49:44,763
- Why did you do this?
- Channel 6 News.
1406
01:49:44,840 --> 01:49:46,604
The world would like to know
why are you doing this?
1407
01:49:46,680 --> 01:49:47,886
Channel 3. We wanna know why.
1408
01:49:47,960 --> 01:49:50,247
Why are you attempting
something so dangerous?
1409
01:49:50,320 --> 01:49:51,321
There is no why.
1410
01:49:51,400 --> 01:49:53,129
Just because...
1411
01:49:54,160 --> 01:49:57,642
When I see a beautiful place to
put my wire, I cannot resist.
1412
01:49:57,720 --> 01:50:02,567
Later in the day, a judge sentenced Petit
to walk the wire again.
1413
01:50:02,640 --> 01:50:05,210
But this time, in Central Park,
for a crowd of children
1414
01:50:05,280 --> 01:50:08,011
and only a few feet off the ground.
1415
01:50:09,240 --> 01:50:13,040
The story of the coup was in the news
all over the world!
1416
01:50:13,120 --> 01:50:17,967
In France, when Papa Rudy heard about it, he
was the happiest Papa Rudy that there is.
1417
01:50:18,040 --> 01:50:20,964
And when Papa Rudy's angry,
he's deadly angry.
1418
01:50:21,040 --> 01:50:22,963
But when Papa Rudy's happy,
1419
01:50:23,040 --> 01:50:25,281
his dogs get a double ration of food.
1420
01:50:30,960 --> 01:50:33,964
The most fantastic moment for me was
1421
01:50:34,040 --> 01:50:37,169
when I saw you answered
my shooting signal.
1422
01:50:37,240 --> 01:50:39,607
At that moment, I knew
the coup would be a success.
1423
01:50:39,680 --> 01:50:41,489
What you mean? We almost lost the arrow.
1424
01:50:41,560 --> 01:50:42,641
It was on the edge of the building.
1425
01:50:42,720 --> 01:50:45,610
No. It was exactly where I was aiming.
1426
01:50:45,680 --> 01:50:46,886
So you admit it?
1427
01:50:46,960 --> 01:50:48,405
You wanted to see him in his birthday suit.
1428
01:50:48,520 --> 01:50:49,601
Yeah.
1429
01:50:51,160 --> 01:50:52,844
Okay. Okay, okay.
1430
01:50:52,920 --> 01:50:55,161
I would like to make a toast now.
1431
01:50:56,720 --> 01:50:59,246
To all of you, my accomplices.
1432
01:50:59,560 --> 01:51:01,403
I know I can be...
1433
01:51:02,360 --> 01:51:03,850
A bit difficult.
1434
01:51:05,880 --> 01:51:09,487
But, but you never gave up on me.
1435
01:51:10,640 --> 01:51:14,167
And because of this,
I was able to walk on that wire.
1436
01:51:14,240 --> 01:51:17,722
So for allowing me this honor, thank you.
1437
01:51:21,920 --> 01:51:23,843
- You mean "cheers."
- Cheers!
1438
01:51:23,920 --> 01:51:25,524
Cheers, cheers!
1439
01:51:27,200 --> 01:51:28,964
Look at that.
1440
01:51:29,080 --> 01:51:30,730
I mean, we did it, Philippe.
1441
01:51:30,800 --> 01:51:33,531
We showed the world
that anything's possible.
1442
01:51:34,360 --> 01:51:35,690
They're different.
1443
01:51:35,760 --> 01:51:37,569
Hey, Philippe, they're different now.
1444
01:51:38,120 --> 01:51:39,565
Yeah, that's right.
1445
01:51:39,640 --> 01:51:42,246
They're different
because you walked up there.
1446
01:51:43,440 --> 01:51:47,286
You know every New Yorker I talk to now
says they love these towers?
1447
01:51:50,200 --> 01:51:52,282
Perhaps you brought them to life,
1448
01:51:53,280 --> 01:51:54,964
given them a soul.
1449
01:52:13,480 --> 01:52:16,768
Jean-Louis and Jeff,
soon afterward, they returned to France.
1450
01:52:16,840 --> 01:52:18,285
But I stayed.
1451
01:52:18,360 --> 01:52:21,330
I was proud to become a New Yorker.
1452
01:52:21,960 --> 01:52:25,407
Now, in order to stay,
I had to pay my debt to society.
1453
01:52:25,480 --> 01:52:29,610
So a judge mandated
that I perform a free walk in Central Park.
1454
01:52:29,720 --> 01:52:31,848
And, of course, I was happy to do this.
1455
01:52:33,600 --> 01:52:34,761
Annie...
1456
01:52:36,040 --> 01:52:37,610
Sadly, Annie returned to France.
1457
01:52:42,920 --> 01:52:44,285
Wait...
1458
01:52:47,520 --> 01:52:48,567
Are you sure?
1459
01:52:49,240 --> 01:52:50,605
I'm sure.
1460
01:52:52,640 --> 01:52:55,849
You accomplished your dream.
It's time for me to find mine.
1461
01:53:02,240 --> 01:53:04,049
See you soon?
1462
01:53:09,520 --> 01:53:11,090
Goodbye.
1463
01:53:16,360 --> 01:53:17,566
Annie.
1464
01:53:19,360 --> 01:53:20,725
Thank you.
1465
01:53:20,800 --> 01:53:22,165
For everything.
1466
01:53:25,560 --> 01:53:27,642
I'm glad the towers called you.
1467
01:53:50,200 --> 01:53:51,281
That was incredible.
1468
01:53:51,360 --> 01:53:53,283
- Just don't do that again.
- No, never.
1469
01:53:54,760 --> 01:53:57,161
And you remember Guy Tozzoli
from the press conference,
1470
01:53:57,240 --> 01:53:59,527
one of the men
behind the creation of the towers.
1471
01:53:59,600 --> 01:54:00,681
He loved the walk,
1472
01:54:00,760 --> 01:54:03,081
and he gave me a pass
to the observation deck
1473
01:54:03,160 --> 01:54:04,810
so I could go anytime I wanted.
1474
01:54:05,520 --> 01:54:07,966
And I went there many times alone.
1475
01:54:23,800 --> 01:54:26,883
I would find myself there,
looking at the void
1476
01:54:26,960 --> 01:54:29,247
to see how the thought comes back,
1477
01:54:29,320 --> 01:54:30,924
how the feeling returns.
1478
01:54:50,200 --> 01:54:51,850
Because it was...
1479
01:54:53,560 --> 01:54:55,130
It was a beautiful day.
1480
01:54:56,240 --> 01:54:58,368
And you know this pass I was given.
1481
01:54:58,440 --> 01:55:00,841
Well, these passes, they
have a date on them,
1482
01:55:00,920 --> 01:55:01,967
a date when they expire.
1483
01:55:02,080 --> 01:55:05,801
But on my pass,
Mr. Tozzoli, he crossed out the date,
1484
01:55:06,960 --> 01:55:08,530
and he wrote on it,
1485
01:55:09,480 --> 01:55:10,891
"Forever."
1486
01:55:10,915 --> 01:55:26,915
Hope it helped -> bozxphd