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(FRENCH ACCENT) Why?
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That is the question people ask me most.
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(SPEAKS FRENCH) 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. (SPEAKS FRENCH)
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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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(SPEAKS FRENCH)
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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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(CHUCKLING)
Of course, uh, this is impossible,
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not to mention illegal.
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So, why attempt the impossible?
(CHUCKLES)
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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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(FRENCH SONG PLAYING)
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PHILIPPE: 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
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- Even half of a toe inside of it.
- (MAN GROANS)
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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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(CROWD EXCLAIMS)
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(CROWD EXCLAIMING)
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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.
- (BLOWS WHISTLE)
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(SHOUTING IN FRENCH)
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(BLOWING WHISTLE)
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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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(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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(FRENCH SONG PLAYING)
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(BLOWS)
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(GROANS)
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(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
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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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(GROANS)
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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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(IN ENGLISH) 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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(MAN CLEARS THROAT)
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- (SNEEZES)
- (TEARS PAGE)
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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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(LOCKS CLICK)
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The first time I ever saw a wire walker,
I was eight years old.
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(CROWD APPLAUDING)
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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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(DRUMROLL)
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(APPLAUSE)
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(SPEAKS FRENCH)
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My son, the circus clown.
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PHILIPPE: (IN ENGLISH)
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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(THUNDER RUMBLING)
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(BREATHING HARD)
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(CREAKING)
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PAPA RUDY: Hey!
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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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Get down from there!
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(BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH)
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PHILIPPE: (IN ENGLISH) 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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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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(GROANS)
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PHILIPPE: (IN ENGLISH) 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!
- (DOGS WHINING)
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(YELLS IN CZECH)
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(SPEAKS FRENCH)
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I don't speak Czech.
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Oh. (SPEAKS FRENCH)
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- (IN ENGLISH) I speak English.
- PHILIPPE: 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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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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"Compliment?" What's that?
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(IN ENGLISH)
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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PHILIPPE: Ah!
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Salute.
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Okay, okay, okay, okay.
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(SPEAKS FRENCH)
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(IN ENGLISH) No, Philippe.
That was terrible.
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(CHUCKLES)
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You're doing too much. Eh?
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Do nothing. Now, try again.
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(INHALES SHARPLY)
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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! Huh?
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Do nothing. Do it again.
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Ah! Where's your respect? You didn't do
anything. (BLOWS RASPBERRY)
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But you said to do nothing!
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Do nothing on the outside. Hmm.
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On the inside, in your heart,
you must salute.
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PHILIPPE: "In my heart?"
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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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What the hell are you talking about?
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(IN ENGLISH) 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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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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There is no show
without an audience!
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(IN ENGLISH) 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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- (DOOR SLAMS)
- (SPEAKING FRENCH)
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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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(PHILIPPE'S PARENTS SPEAKING FRENCH)
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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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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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That's right! The carrots are cooked!
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PETIT'S MOTHER: (SOBBING) Philippe!
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(IN ENGLISH) 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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(WOMAN SINGING IN FRENCH)
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(SINGING) And you want to travel with...
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(CONTINUES SINGING IN FRENCH)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(CONTINUES SINGING)
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(CROWD APPLAUDING IN DISTANCE)
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(WOMAN CALLS OUT)
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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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I had a great thing going,
until you showed up.
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(MOUTHING)
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(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
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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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- (CAMERA CLICKS)
- Ah. Merci.
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(SPEAKING ENGLISH)
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(SOUTHERN ACCENT) 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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(SOUTHERN ACCENT) 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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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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Dirty thief.
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(IN ENGLISH)
I think I like better the English.
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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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Who do you think you are?
Bastard.
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(IN ENGLISH)
Ah, 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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Oh, you call that a high wire?
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That was the lowest high wire
I've ever seen.
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Ah, 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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(THUNDER RUMBLING)
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It's going to rain.
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(MAN SHOUTS IN FRENCH)
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(WOMAN YELLING INDISTINCTLY)
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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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Oh, 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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Ah, because I must practice.
I'm going to New York.
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Ah, New York. That's very exciting.
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- Yes? Maybe you'll come with me.
- (CHUCKLING) 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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Oh, 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, uh, persistent.
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(SPEAKS FRENCH)
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(IN ENGLISH) 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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ANNIE: (SCOFFS) I see.
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- What do you think?
- (CHUCKLES)
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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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(CHUCKLING) 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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PHILIPPE: I didn't realize it at the time
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but Annie had become my first accomplice.
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(STRUMMING GUITAR SOFTLY)
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- Annie.
- ANNIE: Yes?
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PHILIPPE: I was thinking
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you should come up here with me.
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ANNIE: (CHUCKLES) No, I don't think So.
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PHILIPPE: Yes.
It will be your baptism of the wire.
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ANNIE: No.
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PHILIPPE: Come on, Annie.
You must trust me.
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Okay.
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PHILIPPE: 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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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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Do you mind if I take your photo?
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(PHILIPPE REPLIES IN FRENCH)
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Perhaps.
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I am Philippe.
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(SPEAKS FRENCH)
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Jean-Louis.
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(IN ENGLISH) 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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(SPEAKS FRENCH)
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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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00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,767
Well, you, my friend,
can see my photographs any time.
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They're very rebellious.
325
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,807
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?
- PHILIPPE: 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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(GROANS)
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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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(MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY)
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PHILIPPE: I need to know more.
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(PAPA RUDY SPEAKING FRENCH)
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Don't you know
how to knock on a door?
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(PHILIPPE SIGHS)
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(IN ENGLISH) I need you to teach me
how to rig a high wire.
342
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,364
High wire for what?
You're a street juggler.
343
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,841
But I need to know
how to tie the correct knots.
344
00:23:57,360 --> 00:24:01,968
I need to know what kind of cable to use,
the weight, the thickness, the load strength.
345
00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,687
So, you want me
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to just give you my secrets.
347
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,845
(SCOFFING)
Secrets I've spent a lifetime learning.
348
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,486
Secrets I've only given to my sons.
349
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,841
You want me to just hand them over to you.
350
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,927
I can pay you. I have money.
351
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:26,851
I don't care what it costs.
352
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,604
Meet me at le cirque
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00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:33,881
at sunrise.
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00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,210
Bring your juggling money.
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Place wood blocks between
the cable and mast.
356
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,001
Okay.
357
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,921
The wood blocks act as buffer,
358
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so when masts flex, the wire won't snap.
359
00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:55,081
And always, always
check the rigging yourself.
360
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,210
Never step on a wire
361
00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,043
if you've not checked
all of the rigging yourself.
362
00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:02,360
- Capisce?
- Okay.
363
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:07,768
PAPA RUDY: There was this great Polish guy,
wire walker, Roman.
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He said he could tell
when cable was at correct tension
365
00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,442
- through his ass and through his ear. Ah!
- (METAL PINGS)
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00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:16,641
Underneath,
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00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:17,721
through the ring,
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lock it off.
369
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,284
- (PHILIPPE GRUNTS)
- Tighten.
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And pay.
371
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,802
Philippe, you give me broken money.
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00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,206
- No, it works.
- It's broke.
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(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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PHILIPPE: (IN ENGLISH)
So, Papa Rudy let me travel with his troupe.
375
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,883
Of course, I never did any performance.
376
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,007
But any time the big top was empty,
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I would practice on the wire.
378
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,165
(EXHALING DEEPLY)
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00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:09,207
(GRUNTS)
380
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,004
(PANTING)
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Most wire walkers,
they die when they arrive.
382
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,449
They think they have arrived,
but they're still on the wire.
383
00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:53,044
If you have three steps to do,
384
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,207
and you take those steps arrogantly,
385
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,609
if you think you are invincible,
386
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,720
you're going to die.
387
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,161
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
388
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,402
This one, I give to you for free.
389
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:12,721
Merci.
390
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,202
A few weeks later,
I did my first official public walk
391
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:17,731
in this tiny little village.
392
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,490
It's so small, it's not even on a map.
393
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,245
But the mayor of this village,
every spring he puts on a festival.
394
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,325
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.
396
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:28,521
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
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00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:29,647
Is it okay?
398
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,291
(IN ENGLISH) No. Through your ass
and your feet, you tell me.
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00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,002
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
400
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,926
PHILIPPE: Annie came,
she set up a turntable for music.
401
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,241
And Jean-Louis came to take pictures.
402
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,680
So, I begin my performance,
and everything's going very well.
403
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,801
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
404
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:04,521
But then I start to hear this murmur of
some laughing and giggling,
405
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,525
and it turns out,
there is also a fishing contest that afternoon
406
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,409
on this lake, more like a swamp.
407
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,369
And the fishermen, they're drinking wine.
408
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,249
They're yelling insults at me.
409
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,448
They're laughing at me
while I'm trying to work.
410
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:17,681
(LAUGHING)
411
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,121
(PEOPLE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
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00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,282
(MUSIC SKIPPING)
413
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,682
Now, walking on the wire
is as much mental as it is physical.
414
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,161
If you lose your concentration,
you lose your balance.
415
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:33,846
Philippe!
416
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,641
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
417
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,883
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
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00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,521
PHILIPPE: So here I am,
in the mud to my knees
419
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,523
doing the Papa Rudy compliment.
420
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,489
This was my first performance.
421
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:57,761
A failure.
422
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,410
And after this, I didn't feel so good.
423
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,768
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
424
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,005
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
425
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:10,327
Then one day,
426
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,529
I was walking along the Seine,
feeling sorry for myself.
427
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:15,441
When I look up,
428
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,929
and I saw the towers of Notre-Dame.
429
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,449
And I said,
"This is where I must put my wire."
430
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,050
"This is how I will redeem myself."
431
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,127
And so, under the cover of darkness,
and with a false key,
432
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,282
Jean-Louis and I sneak into the cathedral.
433
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,727
I attach some fishing line to
one of my juggling balls,
434
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,690
and I throw it across to the other side
where Jean-Louis is waiting.
435
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,848
Then, we attach this fishing line
to a small rope,
436
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:45,604
and we pass that between the towers.
437
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,051
Then we pass a larger rope.
438
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,044
Then, we attach this larger rope
to the steel walk cable.
439
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,969
So, Jean-Louis and I stay up all night
440
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,646
installing a wire between
these two ancient towers.
441
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,050
And when the first tourists
start to arrive in the morning,
442
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,406
I begin.
443
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,330
(PEOPLE APPLAUDING)
444
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,050
And I succeed.
445
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,682
I perform my first surprise,
illegal high wire walk.
446
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,367
This is also the first time
I get the taste of this sensation.
447
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,205
This feeling that I'm crossing into a...
448
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,123
A truly different world.
449
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,527
And I was redeemed.
450
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:44,721
Or so I thought.
451
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,360
- (SIREN WAILING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
452
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:51,561
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
453
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,082
These Parisians,
they know nothing but contempt.
454
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,844
They refuse to appreciate beauty.
455
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,764
Every other country, Germany, Spain,
456
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,524
England, even Russia, they salute me.
457
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,365
They call me a maestro.
They call me a valiant young poet.
458
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,204
But no, not the French.
459
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,408
They call me "delinquent."
They call me "vandal."
460
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,560
- ANNIE: Philippe.
- Vandal!
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00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:10,601
Look.
462
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,405
This is a sign.
463
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,768
In the same newspaper
as my Notre-Dame story?
464
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,604
- This is providence.
- ANNIE: Mmm-hmm.
465
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,045
It says they're almost finished.
466
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,565
The lower floors are already occupied.
467
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:28,971
Annie! We need to pack.
468
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:38,051
They're enormous.
469
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:39,847
Yes.
470
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:42,361
They're monstrous.
471
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,650
Music's getting longer too
472
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,163
Music is a-flashin' me
473
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:55,491
I want to, I want to,
I want to take you higher
474
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,280
I want to take you higher
475
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,083
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire
476
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:05,286
Whoa!
477
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,606
I want to take you higher
478
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,044
They're a lot taller than I imagined.
479
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:15,966
Yes.
480
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,321
It's absurd.
481
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:33,491
Completely absurd.
482
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,246
It's not real.
483
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:58,647
(SIGHS)
484
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,609
These towers, they have no scale!
485
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,970
They just rise and never stop.
It's not human!
486
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,042
It's over. It's over. It's finished.
487
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,364
- What's finished?
- The coup! My dream! It's destroyed!
488
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,329
Do you see these monsters?
489
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,481
- These beasts! Beasts!
- Calm down!
490
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,688
They just tell me it's not possible
and nothing else!
491
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,410
There's no sign of possibility.
492
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,320
There's nothing telling me
that it can be done.
493
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:22,765
(DOOR HISSING OPEN)
494
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:26,326
Yo.
495
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:27,680
How you doing?
496
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,244
(DOOR HISSING SHUT)
497
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,125
There's stairs going up.
498
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:43,886
Go back to the hotel.
499
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,560
If I'm not back in five hours,
look for me at the police station.
500
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,050
I make my way to the top.
501
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:10,690
Nobody stops me.
502
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,927
And I find myself standing
on an island floating in mid-air,
503
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,002
on the edge of the void.
504
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,603
Of course, I automatically
look across to the opposite tower.
505
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,810
But then I have to dare to look down.
506
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,129
(WIND BLOWING)
507
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,284
Now, I think I know the void.
508
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,601
I'm a wire walker.
The void is my domain, yes?
509
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,047
Well, not this void.
510
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,724
But, still I gather the courage to whisper.
511
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,926
I whisper so the demons won't hear me.
512
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:28,561
It's impossible.
513
00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:31,321
But I'll do it.
514
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:32,806
Boom laka-laka
515
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,531
Boom laka-laka-laka, boom laka-laka
516
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:48,721
(SPEAKS FRENCH)
517
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,325
(IN ENGLISH) English. Only English.
518
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:51,845
We must learn to sound like New Yorkers.
519
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,770
Your so-called coup is a ridiculous joke.
520
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:58,043
- There. Have it in English.
- That's why I have it all planned out.
521
00:35:58,120 --> 00:35:59,929
Planned out? Who are you kidding?
522
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,130
You have no idea
what's on the opposite roof.
523
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,601
You don't know what time
the construction crews arrive
524
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:06,886
or what time they quit.
525
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,166
You have no idea
526
00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:11,005
what the actual distance is
between the towers.
527
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,162
Or how you're going to
anchor the cavalettis.
528
00:36:13,240 --> 00:36:15,481
How? There is absolutely no place
529
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:16,846
to attach them to the facade.
530
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:18,686
And, by the way, how many days
531
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:20,649
did it take you to build this maquette?
532
00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,480
PHILIPPE: Oh, come On.
This is beautiful! Eh?
533
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,006
What are the cavalettis?
534
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:25,764
These guy wires.
535
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:27,490
Papa Rudy calls them "cavalettis."
536
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:28,766
They stabilize the walk cable.
537
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,922
Ah. The walk cable.
538
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:32,281
So,
539
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,408
how do you intend to pass the cable
across the void?
540
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:35,960
Well, just like we did at Notre-Dame.
541
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,684
We start with a fishing line
attached to a rope
542
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,205
attached to the cable.
543
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,726
And how do we pass the fishing
line between the towers?
544
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,326
Yes, it is too far to
throw the juggling ball.
545
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,768
But I was thinking we could get
a radio-controlled airplane
546
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,161
and fly the line across.
This would be fantastic.
547
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:51,366
JEAN-LOUIS: Philippe.
548
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,807
It takes years to learn
how to fly an RC airplane.
549
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:54,881
- Do you understand that?
- No.
550
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,564
We must accomplish the coup this summer.
551
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,041
The towers are almost built.
We are running out of time.
552
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:01,930
I need you to help me pull this off.
Think if we succeed.
553
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,968
This could be the most audacious
554
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,691
- work of art that has ever been done!
- Audacious? Audacious?
555
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,410
- It's madness!
- Yes, it's madness!
556
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,721
No one in his right mind
would attempt this thing.
557
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,565
But that is why I must do it,
because it has never been done!
558
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:15,130
And so, yes, I admit, I am mad.
559
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,487
- Ah, yes! Wow, you are mad.
- Yes! I am mad.
560
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:18,561
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
561
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,722
- Are you completely insane?
- Yeah, I'm crazy!
562
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,047
(IN ENGLISH)
Yes, you love me because I am mad!
563
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,407
I am insane! I am totally crazy!
564
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,400
JEAN-LOUIS: I gotta go.
565
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,088
I'll figure out how to get the wire across.
566
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,401
- Yes!
- You figure out how to anchor the cavalettis.
567
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:34,648
- Okay. Deal.
- JEAN-LOUIS: Do we have a deal?
568
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,448
PAPA RUDY:
The cavalettis cannot be vertical.
569
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:43,605
They must be horizontal,
parallel to the walk cable.
570
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,444
- Parallel?
- It won't be pretty
571
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,727
but it will keep the cable from swaying.
572
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,090
And you must use three bolts
on the cavaletti clamps.
573
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,931
Not two. A span this wide
574
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,646
will put tremendous pressure
on the brace plates.
575
00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:58,405
And as you walk,
your weight could crack a bolt.
576
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:01,681
And wood!
577
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,131
You must remember
578
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:04,611
to put wood blocks
579
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,728
between the wire and the building's struts.
580
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,364
That way, when the building breathe,
581
00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,484
the wood will break but the wire won't
582
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,443
explode and tear you in half.
583
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:15,361
Okay.
584
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,161
Wood.
585
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:18,841
PAPA RUDY: Also...
586
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,369
Here's what you're going to do, Philippe.
587
00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:24,571
You're going to wear
588
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:26,849
a safety belt underneath your costume,
589
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,890
attached to a safety line,
connected to a carabiner.
590
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:30,961
A safety line?
591
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:32,561
A carabiner?
592
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:34,520
I'm not going to do this walk
with a safety line
593
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,120
- hanging off of me!
- From that height,
594
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,811
it will be invisible!
No one will have any idea!
595
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,207
And what do I do
when I get to the first cavaletti?
596
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:42,327
You're a performer.
597
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:43,481
- You kneel down on the wire.
- (HUFFING)
598
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,403
You unhook from side, clip it on the other.
599
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,403
- The audience will think you are saluting.
- This I will not do!
600
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,721
- This I will never do!
- So Why'd you come here?
601
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:52,326
Because you know so much?
602
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:53,561
You tell me I'm wrong?
603
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,167
No. Because I need you to tell me
how to rig this wire!
604
00:38:57,240 --> 00:38:59,925
Not do a phony walk like a coward!
605
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:01,401
(ANNIE SPEAKING FRENCH)
606
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,324
Philippe, you two are
acting like children.
607
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,801
(IN ENGLISH) He does not comprehend
one thing I am trying to do.
608
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,611
His high wire and my high wire,
they have nothing in common!
609
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:10,966
Go talk to him.
610
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,240
- You want me to talk to him?
- Yes! You go talk to him!
611
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,080
- You apologize and...
- I will not apologize!
612
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,646
Yes, you do. You have no choice.
You know that.
613
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:20,603
- (PHILIPPE SIGHS)
- (KNOCKING)
614
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:22,121
PAPA RUDY: Hmm?
615
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,171
(SIGHING)
616
00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:38,609
Look, Papa Rudy, I'm sorry. But...
617
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:40,800
If I do the walk with the safety line,
618
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:42,842
it becomes meaningless.
619
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:44,487
Philippe...
620
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,526
My sons are consummate wire walkers.
621
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,482
And I would never allow them to attempt
622
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,642
such a walk without safety line.
623
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:56,726
Yes, but would you?
624
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,328
Would you walk with a safety line?
625
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:09,526
(PAPA RUDY SIGHS)
626
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:15,007
Years ago, when you first started
to teach me in this house,
627
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,809
I was a stupid little kid
and I never listened to you.
628
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,850
But you told me something
I always remember.
629
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,245
You said, "You cannot lie on stage.
630
00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:30,244
"The audience will always know
what is inside your heart."
631
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:34,330
I think I understand now.
632
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,044
You know, Philippe,
633
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,162
what you're doing, I may not understand it.
634
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:47,886
But it's...
635
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:50,881
It's...
636
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:53,601
...something.
637
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:58,685
Something beautiful.
638
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:15,570
It was my grandfather's.
639
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:18,680
You'll need this.
640
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,723
And you'll need this.
641
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,485
Now my secrets are our secrets.
642
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:37,686
(CHUCKLES)
643
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:41,205
Thank you.
644
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:48,641
PHILIPPE: Faster!
645
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:49,921
Stronger!
646
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,526
- More! Annie, more!
- (ANNIE CHUCKLES)
647
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:54,681
Faster.
648
00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:56,881
Stronger.
649
00:41:57,760 --> 00:41:59,683
- I'm trying.
- You're a tempest.
650
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,525
You are the terrible, hurricane winds
651
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,604
- that howl between the towers!
- (HORN HONKING)
652
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,209
Ah. Jean-Louis.
653
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:11,367
(JEAN-LOUIS SPEAKS FRENCH)
654
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:12,487
PHILIPPE: Hello.
655
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:14,449
- How are you?
- Hello, hello!
656
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,928
PHILIPPE: It's good to see you.
657
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,367
So this is my good friend, Jean-Francois.
658
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,442
- He wants to be an accomplice in the coup.
- Ah!
659
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:22,965
He's always in search of adventure.
660
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:26,046
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
661
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:30,561
Please call me Jeff.
662
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,688
(IN ENGLISH)
Ah. An English name. Okay, I like this.
663
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,127
So welcome, Jeff. Welcome to the coup.
664
00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:37,083
- Now, tell me, have you ever done...
- Unfortunately,
665
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:38,486
Jeff doesn't speak any English.
666
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:39,561
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
667
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,246
I speak a little English.
668
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,163
(IN ENGLISH)
Six times six equal 36, for example.
669
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,004
Ah, yes! So his English is not bad.
670
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,445
Yes, but only numbers.
671
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,568
- He teaches high school mathematics.
- Ah.
672
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:51,806
He's also, uh...
673
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,328
- He's also terrified of heights.
- Ah.
674
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:56,481
ANNIE: Ah.
675
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:57,561
Perfect.
676
00:42:58,160 --> 00:42:59,571
I'm terrified of algebra.
677
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:00,727
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
678
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,762
Welcome to the coup.
679
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:08,929
(IN ENGLISH)
Now tell me, what is 81 divided by 27?
680
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:10,887
- Three.
- Exactly.
681
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:11,960
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
682
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:13,001
And you are accomplice number three.
683
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,082
(IN ENGLISH) Now, what is 11 times 10?
684
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:16,161
One hundred and ten.
685
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:17,281
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
686
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,408
110 stories.
That's how tall the towers are.
687
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,643
(IN ENGLISH) Hey, guys? I believe I've kept
my part of the bargain.
688
00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:24,085
PHILIPPE: What is this, a bow and arrow?
689
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:28,291
JEAN-LOUIS: Okay, this is not as
sensational as a radio-control airplane,
690
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:29,805
but it's a lot quieter.
691
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:54,165
(LAUGHS)
692
00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:56,322
It works! It works!
693
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,926
So now, I have enough money,
I have my accomplices,
694
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:00,968
- I have somewhat of a plan.
- (THUNDER CRASHING)
695
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:02,929
The only thing left was selecting a date.
696
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:07,125
It had to be before the weather turned cold
and before the towers were completed.
697
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:09,768
So I chose August 6th.
698
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,047
I choose August 6th!
699
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,369
That is three months from today.
700
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,205
Jeff and Jean-Louis fly to New York
at the end of July.
701
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,600
In the meantime, we start looking
for American accomplices.
702
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,367
So. August 6th.
703
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:23,487
(THUNDER CRACKS)
704
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:27,963
Polypropylene ropes, hemp ropes,
small block-and-tackle with three sheaves,
705
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,202
large block-and-tackle with single sheaf,
706
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:34,001
uh, slings, steel wire, quarter-inch cable,
707
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:35,923
pulley blocks, construction gloves,
708
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,401
monkey wrenches, tape measure.
709
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,370
And a balancing pole in four sections.
710
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,681
And, uh, what's all this for?
711
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:45,205
I'm going to hang a high wire
712
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,362
between the two towers
of the World Trade Center
713
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:48,566
and walk on it.
714
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:50,689
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA)
715
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,609
(SCOFFS) Good luck!
716
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:54,286
Next!
717
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:02,406
PHILIPPE: As soon as we got back
to New York, I started my spy work.
718
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,721
I went to the towers every day.
Sometimes 6:00 in the morning.
719
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,087
And every day,
I would wear a different disguise.
720
00:45:07,240 --> 00:45:09,607
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
721
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,450
I took photos of everything.
722
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,364
I made detailed notes
of every inch of the towers.
723
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:18,970
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
724
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:26,487
As you know, the North Tower
has been completely finished
725
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:27,800
for the last two years,
726
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:30,724
and the South Tower
is completed up to the 80th floor.
727
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,246
- Both towers are open for business.
- PHILIPPE: Mr. Tozzoli, excuse me.
728
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:35,402
Toulouse Cezanne
from the magazine L'Architecte.
729
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:37,005
Could you please tell me
the exact distance between
730
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,402
the north corner of the South Tower
and the south corner of the North Tower?
731
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:41,561
The what?
732
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:44,325
The exact distance between the towers?
733
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:46,561
Lou?
734
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:48,011
A hundred and forty feet.
735
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:49,481
A hundred and forty feet.
736
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:53,005
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
737
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,890
PHILIPPE: I rode all the elevators.
The local, the express,
738
00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:03,009
the express to the upper sky lobby,
the express to the lower sky lobby.
739
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:04,445
I took hundreds of rides.
740
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:06,480
I spied on the maintenance men,
the loading docks.
741
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:08,761
I watched the freight trucks
as they made their deliveries.
742
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:10,922
What time do they arrive?
How long do they stay?
743
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:12,843
How much paperwork is exchanged?
744
00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:18,766
My greatest disguise was
that of an architect.
745
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,645
I wore a tie and carried a blueprint,
and I tried to look important.
746
00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:24,291
And this gave me access to
everything under construction.
747
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,247
(SCREAMING)
748
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,207
(GROANING)
749
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:36,810
Philippe, that looks really bad.
750
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:38,962
Maybe you should go to the hospital
and get it stitched.
751
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,122
No, it will be fine. But look at the date!
752
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:42,725
The coup is three weeks from today.
753
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,962
Jean-Louis and Jeff arrive next week
754
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,566
and I still have no access to
the North Tower roof.
755
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,486
Are you going to be able to
walk on the wire with that foot?
756
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,166
Yes, it will heal by then,
but what am I going to do tomorrow?
757
00:46:53,240 --> 00:46:56,722
How am I going to continue my spy work
with this ruined foot?
758
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,326
- ANNIE: Do you need crutches?
- No, I don't need crutches.
759
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:02,244
Yes! Crutches!
760
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,205
- Let me get that door for you.
- Oh, thank you.
761
00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:12,447
MAN: Hey, there, let me help you
with them crutches.
762
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:13,521
Oh, thank you.
763
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:15,529
WOMAN: Here you go, sir.
764
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:17,364
- Express elevator.
- Thank you.
765
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:18,811
I hope you heal up soon.
766
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,247
Yes, I think I'll feel much better
in a few weeks.
767
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,165
- Floor?
- Ah, yes, 85, please.
768
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,170
Pardon me, but, uh...
769
00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:34,287
May I ask...
770
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:36,445
What are you doing here?
771
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:40,284
You don't belong here.
772
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:43,804
Yes, in fact, I'm quite right.
773
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:45,727
You...
774
00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:48,083
You don't belong here at all.
775
00:47:49,240 --> 00:47:50,287
Do you...
776
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:52,401
Philippe?
777
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,203
I knew it! Philippe Petit.
778
00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:57,044
Daredevil wire walker.
779
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,967
I saw you in Paris on top of
the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
780
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:02,963
- PHILIPPE: Ah, yes!
- Yes, wow.
781
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,647
You know, the cops had absolutely no idea
what to do with you.
782
00:48:05,720 --> 00:48:06,926
(CHUCKLES) They never do.
783
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:10,610
- Barry. Barry Greenhouse is my name.
- Hello.
784
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:11,727
Yeah.
785
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,167
So, you gonna be performing
here in New York?
786
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:17,323
Yes, yes. And you, do you work here?
787
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:18,687
Yeah.
788
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:20,120
Life insurance.
789
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:21,207
(GASPS)
790
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,726
This man works on the 82nd floor.
791
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:26,488
But this could be very important
if I can somehow
792
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:28,369
seduce him into becoming an accomplice.
793
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:29,930
He works in the North Tower.
794
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,002
He has access to the stairwell and
795
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:33,809
the North Tower roof.
796
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:37,602
Wait! Uh, Barry! One moment!
797
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,411
So Annie and I invite him to dinner.
798
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:43,091
...Notre-Dame, the coup at
World Trade Center will be very similar.
799
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:45,970
I bring my book of spy work
and my clippings from Notre-Dame
800
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:47,690
which he had already witnessed,
801
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:49,410
so he knew I was serious.
802
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,370
And little by little,
I paint for him, a picture.
803
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,523
And when the sun comes up...
804
00:48:58,480 --> 00:48:59,481
I walk.
805
00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:04,530
Well, it's certainly illegal,
that's for sure.
806
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:08,602
And extremely subversive,
not to mention dangerous.
807
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:12,967
This is something only a twisted,
antisocial, anarchistic,
808
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:16,522
pissed-off malcontent
would have anything to do with!
809
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:20,360
You have your inside man! (CHUCKLES)
810
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:26,481
JEAN-LOUIS: Oh, Philippe!
811
00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:30,681
Welcome. Welcome, Jeff.
812
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:31,807
(SPEAKS FRENCH)
813
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:33,484
Very good. How are you?
814
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:34,800
- Super.
- Good.
815
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:36,325
- My friend.
- Hey.
816
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:37,961
(SPEAKS FRENCH)
817
00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:39,087
Very good.
818
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:41,968
So, there they are.
819
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:43,206
JEAN-LOUIS: Wow.
820
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:48,489
JEAN-LOUIS:
Philippe, the coup is a disaster.
821
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:50,520
Why are we waiting for night
to climb to the roof?
822
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,040
Because during the day,
we are more likely to run into people.
823
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:55,726
But at night, when someone sees us,
we have no excuse to be there.
824
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:57,689
No, but during the day,
we will certainly run into some people
825
00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,046
and they will ask us where we are going.
826
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:01,282
During the day, you say,
"I'm going to such and such office
827
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:04,011
"to see so and so!"
But at night, you have no excuse.
828
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:05,081
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
829
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:06,844
Why are you shaking?
830
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:09,730
I told you I'm afraid of heights.
831
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:11,450
Afraid at this height?
832
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:13,727
I panic on a step stool.
833
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:15,726
(IN ENGLISH)
And what about the guards, huh?
834
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:17,211
PHILIPPE: There is one guard at night.
835
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,567
He stays only on
the floors under construction.
836
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:21,369
We'll have no problem avoiding him.
837
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,841
- And he never goes to the roof.
- Philippe.
838
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:26,440
- Philippe, where are you going?
- We need to get an interphone.
839
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:28,726
MAN: This is what you want.
840
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:31,045
You want a walkie-talkie.
841
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:33,851
Uh, no, I want an interphone
like this one with the wire.
842
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:34,921
- Like this one?
- Yes.
843
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,120
- This thing here? You don't want that.
- Yes, please.
844
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:39,644
This thing here with the wire?
That's old-fashioned.
845
00:50:39,720 --> 00:50:41,085
- (PHILIPPE SIGHING)
- What you want... Look at this.
846
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,606
- Wireless.
- No. Please, I just want this interphone.
847
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:44,727
- Like this, okay?
- MAN: Okay, buddy.
848
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:47,041
You're not listening to me
'cause I'm trying to do you a favor here.
849
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:49,282
This thing is discontinued,
which means I can't get you a warranty.
850
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:53,166
I don't care. I want this one.
With the wire. Please.
851
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:54,561
(SNAPS FINGERS)
852
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:56,483
Yes. Whatever you want.
853
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:58,130
- Thank you. Okay.
- You're the boss.
854
00:50:58,400 --> 00:50:59,481
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
855
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:02,643
- Does he think we're a bunch of suckers?
- He's trying to con us.
856
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:04,605
What's wrong with a walkie-talkie?
857
00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:07,286
We need a wire
so the cops can't listen in.
858
00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:09,121
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
859
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:10,406
Hey guys.
860
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:11,641
If you're planning a drug deal...
861
00:51:11,720 --> 00:51:13,210
...or robbing a bank...
862
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:14,327
...be careful.
863
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:18,610
(IN ENGLISH) Oh! You guys thought
you were the only ones
864
00:51:18,720 --> 00:51:20,006
who spoke French in New York City.
865
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:21,969
Mmm. I got it.
866
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:23,841
It's okay. By the way,
867
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:24,967
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
868
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:26,530
I have nothing against bank robbers.
869
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:32,640
(IN ENGLISH) I say we invite him to dinner.
870
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:35,161
I'm Philippe.
871
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:36,521
I'm Jean-Pierre.
872
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:38,286
It's J.P. in America.
873
00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:40,203
- (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
- PHILIPPE: J.P.,
874
00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:43,287
welcome to the
Fisher Industrial Fence Company
875
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:44,771
of Fort Lee, New Jersey.
876
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:46,611
Looks like the real thing.
877
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:48,569
- Who made this?
- It's a long story.
878
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:50,449
J.P.: I'll bet. So, do I get a job title?
879
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:52,124
Yes, because you've
lived in New York the longest,
880
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:54,089
I'll make you Personnel Director.
881
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:56,360
J.P.: That's cool, man. I like that.
What do I gotta do?
882
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:57,845
Find more accomplices.
883
00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:01,607
I got just the guys.
884
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:03,365
I can help you rig a wire.
885
00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:05,767
I'm unbelievable at tying knots.
886
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:07,171
Used to work on a shrimp boat.
887
00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:10,046
Yeah, man, yeah. I mean, count me in, too.
888
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:12,648
Especially if that wire is really...
889
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:14,525
Really high.
890
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:16,040
(CHUCKLING) You get it?
891
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:17,764
You get it, man, really high!
892
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:20,320
Why the World Trade Towers?
893
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:21,925
Everybody I know hates those ugly boxes.
894
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,243
They look like two big filing cabinets.
895
00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:26,646
Hey, right on.
896
00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:29,405
You know what? Why don't we climb
the Chrysler building, man, huh?
897
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:30,561
That'd be a trip, right? (LAUGHING)
898
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:31,641
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
899
00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:32,720
This is bad.
900
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:33,807
I don't trust these two.
901
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:37,121
J.P.
902
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:39,046
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
903
00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:41,043
Can we count on these guys?
904
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:42,485
I had short notice.
905
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:43,560
It's them...
906
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:44,681
or two bums off the street.
907
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:54,245
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
The coup is on for tomorrow!
908
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:56,010
Tomorrow is the big day!
909
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:59,004
You all know the plan.
The workers start to arrive at 7:00 a.m.,
910
00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:01,606
so I must be on the wire at 6:00 a.m.
You're not listening.
911
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:04,207
Why is nobody listening to me when I talk?
Are you paying attention?
912
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:05,280
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
913
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:06,367
Philippe, you should eat.
914
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:07,851
Eat?
How can I eat?
915
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:09,285
We have to go over the plan!
916
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:11,727
(IN ENGLISH)
We've gone over the plan 20 times already.
917
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:15,450
Well, here comes number 21.
918
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:20,046
At 2:00 p.m., we load the van. J.P. drives.
919
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:23,249
We drop Jean-Louis, Annie
and Albert at the North Tower.
920
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:24,560
You rendezvous with Barry.
921
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:26,682
He hides you on his floor
until he can sneak you up
922
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:28,364
in the stairwell to the roof.
923
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:31,569
The rest of us, that's you, J.P.,
you, Jeff, you, David,
924
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:33,051
in our workers disguises,
925
00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:35,282
we bring the walk cable
and the rigging equipment
926
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:37,408
up in the construction elevator.
927
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:39,005
According to my spy work,
we should be able to
928
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:41,128
get up to the 82nd floor.
929
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:43,240
Then when the coast is clear,
and as fast as we can,
930
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:45,886
we bring everything up to the roof
and we start rigging.
931
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:47,689
By midnight, we are finished!
932
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:49,410
Do you hear me? At midnight!
933
00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:52,927
This gives me the time to sneak over
to the North Tower and check the rigging.
934
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:57,090
Because I must have time
to check the rigging on both towers.
935
00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:59,970
Then at dawn, 6:00 a.m.,
936
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:01,845
I take my first step.
937
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:05,045
(SPEAKS FRENCH)
938
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:08,131
- Philippe.
- Yes.
939
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:10,045
- I think we should wait.
- PHILIPPE: No!
940
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:11,121
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
941
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:12,690
To find more competent associates.
942
00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:14,205
(YELLS IN FRENCH)
943
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:16,801
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
944
00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:17,881
It is now or never.
945
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:19,360
Hmm?
946
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:20,601
(SIGHS)
947
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:21,841
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
948
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:28,080
(IN ENGLISH) The carrots are cooked.
949
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:40,521
Cooked carrots?
950
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:43,120
- What the hell is that about?
- J.P.: The French.
951
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:44,400
They love their culinary metaphors.
952
00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:46,648
This is a country with
365 different types of cheese,
953
00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:48,205
one for every day of the year,
for Christ's sake.
954
00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:50,080
So, of course they use
the vegetable metaphor.
955
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:51,770
(SPEAKS FRENCH)
956
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:53,600
(IN ENGLISH) Carrots are cooked.
957
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:56,204
Die is cast. There's no going back now.
958
00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:57,645
ALBERT: Guys, what are we doing here?
959
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.
960
00:55:02,080 --> 00:55:05,448
Especially not because of some French guy
who's obsessed with vegetables.
961
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,964
Jail. Man, that's a buzzkill, man.
962
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:11,646
The man...
The man is obviously crazy. So, what?
963
00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:14,083
Are we just here to watch him die, huh?
964
00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:16,369
Does he even know how to walk a tightrope?
965
00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:18,647
He knows how to walk on a wire.
That's not the problem.
966
00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:21,041
The problem is he's losing his mind.
967
00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:22,849
He's maybe losing his mind,
but he won't give up.
968
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:24,081
He never gives up.
969
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:25,366
He just needs our help.
970
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:26,805
JEFF: I think he can do this.
971
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:30,408
It will be very... Beau?
972
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:33,647
- Beautiful.
- Yeah.
973
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:38,050
It will be very beautiful.
974
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:40,767
- (THUNDER CRACKING)
- (BREATHING HEAVILY)
975
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:55,763
PHILIPPE: It was the night before the coup
and, of course, I couldn't sleep.
976
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:03,090
(SNORING)
977
00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:11,207
I had forgotten something very important.
978
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:14,170
I'd forgotten to nail shut the coffin.
979
00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:20,326
Actually, there was no coffin.
980
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:22,209
It was the crate holding the walk cable.
981
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:25,682
But, in my mind,
I had changed this crate into a coffin.
982
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:28,527
Philippe!
983
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:31,329
What are you doing? You're waking up
the whole neighborhood.
984
00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:32,960
Well, I forgot to nail shut the coffin.
985
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:34,970
Stop calling it that!
986
00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:36,690
A coffin is what this may be.
987
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:39,127
That's not funny. What's wrong with you?
988
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:40,361
Do you have a death wish or something?
989
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:42,966
Don't say this word! I never say this word.
990
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:45,448
Come on! Death, coffin, die.
991
00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:47,090
- It's all the same thing.
- Why are you doing this?
992
00:56:47,160 --> 00:56:48,730
Why are you suddenly against me?
993
00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:50,046
ANNIE: Against you?
994
00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:51,451
No one is more supportive.
995
00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:52,931
Then why do you say this word?
996
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:54,286
Why do you put this thought in my head
997
00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:56,089
on the night before
my most dangerous walk?
998
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:59,004
- Why are you so uncaring?
- Uncaring?
999
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:03,683
- You're the most selfish, arrogant...
- Yes, I'm arrogant! I have to be.
1000
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,762
To walk on the wire, to command the wire!
1001
00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:08,446
And what about your partners?
Your accomplices?
1002
00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:11,490
You don't offer them a simple thank you
to let them know they're appreciated!
1003
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:14,131
- They know I appreciate them!
- Do they?
1004
00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:16,004
Yes! What do you want me to do?
Go in there right now
1005
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:17,121
and tell them thank you?
1006
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:19,885
I can wake them up and say
"Thank you, everybody! Merci!"
1007
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:21,601
(SCOFFS)
1008
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:25,611
- Just come to bed. You're exhausted.
- Annie.
1009
00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:28,650
My head is full of doubts.
I don't know if...
1010
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:29,801
(SIGHS)
1011
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:32,451
When I confront the void,
when it's time to step on the wire,
1012
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:34,520
I don't know if I'll be able to
take my first step.
1013
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:36,926
(SIGHS)
1014
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:39,203
Your heart will tell you what to do.
1015
00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:41,201
Annie.
1016
00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:44,089
You're the only one that truly knows me.
1017
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,845
It's because of you that
I can do this walk.
1018
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:48,729
You give me the strength and the ability.
1019
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:50,370
Without you, I couldn't do it.
1020
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:54,401
You'll be fine.
1021
00:57:58,360 --> 00:57:59,646
(DOOR OPENS)
1022
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:04,491
(DOOR CLOSES)
1023
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:15,806
(HAMMERING)
1024
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:18,646
Everybody, wake up!
1025
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:20,529
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
1026
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:23,291
There's something I have to tell you
that I have not said before.
1027
00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:24,691
It's important.
1028
00:58:24,760 --> 00:58:26,842
Thank you. Merci.
1029
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:30,767
Now get some rest.
We have a big day tomorrow.
1030
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:35,441
You see?
1031
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:36,920
He's lost his mind.
1032
00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:39,088
- (HAMMERING CONTINUES)
- (GASPS) What?
1033
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:45,125
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
1034
00:58:57,080 --> 00:58:59,280
PHILIPPE: Now as soon as we are all
loaded into the van,
1035
00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:02,290
I think to myself, "Okay, now it starts."
1036
00:59:04,960 --> 00:59:06,928
The coup has begun.
1037
00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:11,850
My life is no longer in my command.
1038
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:24,450
J.P.: North Tower Plaza!
1039
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:26,249
Come on, make it snappy. I'm in a red zone.
1040
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:28,527
PHILIPPE: With the help of Barry,
our inside man,
1041
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:31,444
we unload Albert and Jean-Louis
at the North Tower.
1042
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:35,002
The plan was for Barry to hide them
in his office until nightfall.
1043
00:59:35,080 --> 00:59:36,127
Red zone.
1044
00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:37,927
(SPEAKS FRENCH)
1045
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:39,000
Good bye.
1046
00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:40,041
- (IN ENGLISH) Red zone.
- (SPEAKING FRENCH)
1047
00:59:40,160 --> 00:59:41,764
See you soon.
1048
00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:43,846
I love you.
1049
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:46,331
(IN ENGLISH) I love you, too.
1050
00:59:56,720 --> 01:00:00,122
Albert and Jean-Louis
both dress like impeccable architects.
1051
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:03,926
They carry attaché cases that are heavy
because they're carrying equipment.
1052
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:07,482
And they carry a blueprint tube
that contains the bow and arrow.
1053
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:11,602
I feel the incline of the ramp
as we drive down
1054
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:13,444
into the loading dock of the South Tower
1055
01:00:13,520 --> 01:00:17,047
and I knew,
I knew we would be caught right there!
1056
01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:19,401
- (BRAKES SCREECH)
- Hold it right there, cowboy.
1057
01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:24,044
You guys keep quiet back there.
1058
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:25,447
OFFICER FOLEY: What's your business?
1059
01:00:25,520 --> 01:00:27,204
J.P.: Just another delivery.
Fisher Fence Company.
1060
01:00:27,360 --> 01:00:28,441
OFFICER FOLEY: Fisher Fence Company?
1061
01:00:28,560 --> 01:00:29,641
What the hell's the Fisher Fence Company?
1062
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:31,324
J.P.: Uh, we put in the perimeter fence
months ago.
1063
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:34,489
Now they want us to come back in,
tear it down and redo it.
1064
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:39,600
OFFICER FOLEY: All right. Down the ramp.
Medium freight loading area.
1065
01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:44,042
That cop seemed really suspicious.
1066
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:45,321
I almost crapped my pants.
1067
01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:48,967
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
1068
01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:52,082
MAN: You can get more in there.
1069
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:56,890
- Hey! Hey! No way! No way!
- J.P.: No. No. No.
1070
01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:58,325
We got a delivery to the 82nd floor,
1071
01:00:58,400 --> 01:00:59,606
Fisher Fence Company.
It's all right here...
1072
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:02,047
No, No. Only Met deliveries are going up.
1073
01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:05,203
They've got all the elevators leased today.
Come back next week.
1074
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:07,328
- Whoa, next week?
- Yeah. Next week.
1075
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:08,886
All right, come on. Go home.
1076
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:10,007
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
1077
01:01:10,080 --> 01:01:10,967
Did you hear?
1078
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:13,168
The elevators are rented.
It's impossible today.
1079
01:01:13,240 --> 01:01:15,686
We're not moving.
Change his mind.
1080
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:17,524
(IN ENGLISH) We take a pause.
Worker's pause.
1081
01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:19,720
(PHONE RINGING)
1082
01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:22,491
J.P.: Hey, excuse me, sir. Before I get
outta your hair, can I get your name?
1083
01:01:22,560 --> 01:01:23,686
FRANK: Frank Cielani.
1084
01:01:23,760 --> 01:01:25,364
J.P.: Is that Sicilian?
FRANK: It's Calabrese.
1085
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:27,320
Ah. Good.
'Cause I got these Sicilian neighbors.
1086
01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:28,441
They live two floors below me.
1087
01:01:28,520 --> 01:01:31,205
They're always cooking calamari.
It stinks my place up to high hell.
1088
01:01:31,280 --> 01:01:32,770
FRANK: It'll do that. (GRUNTING)
1089
01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:34,166
(PHONE RINGING)
1090
01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:36,009
Can you believe this S.O.B. Nixon?
1091
01:01:36,080 --> 01:01:38,924
FRANK: If it was up to me, that son of a
bitch would be in jail rest of his life.
1092
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:40,161
J.P.: You sound just like my old man.
1093
01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:43,323
He said this country went to hell
in a handbasket the day Kennedy got shot.
1094
01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:44,765
That's for goddamn sure.
1095
01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:47,889
- What'd you say your name was?
- J.P. I was named after J.P. Morgan.
1096
01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:58,805
PHILIPPE: So I sit there helpless,
watching these workers.
1097
01:02:02,680 --> 01:02:04,523
(CLOCK TICKING)
1098
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:05,886
And in my agitated mind,
1099
01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:08,964
it looks like these workers
are moving like snails.
1100
01:02:13,600 --> 01:02:16,046
(BELL RINGING)
1101
01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:18,281
Good night, boys.
1102
01:02:19,160 --> 01:02:21,003
Big day. Have a good one.
1103
01:02:23,160 --> 01:02:24,680
(SCOFFING) You wallflowers still here?
1104
01:02:26,040 --> 01:02:27,769
Look, Mr. Cielani,
I'm gonna level with you.
1105
01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:29,365
If we don't make this delivery,
we're gonna get fired,
1106
01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:31,920
and Phil here, oh,
he's a dead duck for sure.
1107
01:02:33,200 --> 01:02:35,601
- What do you got? Where're you going?
- 82nd floor.
1108
01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:40,522
Hey, Jimmy!
Take these frogs up to the 82nd floor.
1109
01:02:40,880 --> 01:02:43,804
- You're kidding me, right?
- FRANK: Come on. It's your last ride, okay?
1110
01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:45,325
- Okay.
- J.P.: Thank you, sir. Appreciate it...
1111
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:47,280
FRANK: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Come on. Quitting time!
1112
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:00,442
- Which floor?
- Uh, we're going to the...
1113
01:03:00,520 --> 01:03:02,329
Uh, the 110th floor.
1114
01:03:03,240 --> 01:03:05,811
110? There's nothing up there.
That's just the mechanical floor.
1115
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:08,451
Yes, but it is perfect for us.
We need to be close to the roof.
1116
01:03:08,520 --> 01:03:10,363
The roof? Why the roof?
1117
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:13,282
Because we have
all the pieces for the antenna.
1118
01:03:13,360 --> 01:03:14,441
- The antenna.
- And the antenna mast.
1119
01:03:14,560 --> 01:03:16,483
- The antenna mast.
- And the electrified security fence.
1120
01:03:16,560 --> 01:03:18,483
We have all the components
for the insulators.
1121
01:03:18,560 --> 01:03:19,800
Insulators. We have to measure...
1122
01:03:19,880 --> 01:03:22,360
Yes, until we measure,
we cannot install any of the wiring.
1123
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:23,851
The aerial system.
We're four months behind.
1124
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:24,921
It's a big problem.
1125
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:26,764
Whatever. Just watch your fingers.
1126
01:03:35,720 --> 01:03:36,881
Okay, J.P.
1127
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:38,001
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1128
01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:40,686
When we get to the 110th floor,
we'll throw the equipment out.
1129
01:03:40,800 --> 01:03:42,484
You get this guy down.
1130
01:03:42,760 --> 01:03:44,888
(BOTH CONTINUE TALKING IN FRENCH)
1131
01:03:49,240 --> 01:03:50,287
(CHUCKLES)
1132
01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:51,561
PHILIPPE: We've had a lucky break.
1133
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:54,331
This elevator is taking
us to the 110th floor.
1134
01:03:54,400 --> 01:03:58,962
But this means that J.P. has to get
this elevator operator back down.
1135
01:03:59,040 --> 01:04:01,327
If he stays with us, the coup is finished.
1136
01:04:04,720 --> 01:04:05,846
110th.
1137
01:04:10,240 --> 01:04:12,049
(SPEAKS FRENCH)
1138
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:17,771
Jimmy. Really appreciate this, man.
1139
01:04:18,120 --> 01:04:19,121
Hey, let me buy you a beer.
1140
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:21,601
These guys, they gotta offload.
They got tons of inventory to do.
1141
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:24,160
It's gonna take them forever.
They'll find their way home, hmm?
1142
01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:27,809
- Whatever. Watch your fingers.
- All right.
1143
01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:30,443
Kommedas. What is that, Greek?
1144
01:04:30,520 --> 01:04:33,888
I got a Greek guy living two floors below me,
always eating lamb.
1145
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:36,370
Nothing but lamb.
1146
01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:42,841
(GROANS)
1147
01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:47,881
Oh, man.
This is becoming a real bummer, man.
1148
01:04:50,040 --> 01:04:51,121
We unload here.
1149
01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:54,807
Okay.
1150
01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:06,444
- Okay.
- DAVID: Oh, man.
1151
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.
1152
01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:13,688
- This shit is really heavy, man.
- Quiet.
1153
01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:16,250
I mean, like, really heavy.
1154
01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:19,171
Like heavy heavy, not bullshit heavy.
1155
01:05:20,360 --> 01:05:23,648
Oh, man. This scene is giving me
really bad vibes, man.
1156
01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:25,800
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER ON INTERPHONE)
- Oh, shit.
1157
01:05:25,840 --> 01:05:27,763
Oh, shit, it's the pigs!
1158
01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:29,649
- Oh, man, the pigs are here, man!
- Hide, hide, hide.
1159
01:05:29,720 --> 01:05:32,371
- Oh, man. Oh, man. The jig is up, man.
- Shh!
1160
01:05:32,840 --> 01:05:36,083
Oh, man. Oh, man.
This is freaking me out, man.
1161
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:37,440
PHILIPPE: It's just down there.
1162
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:39,643
- It's okay.
- I can't do this, man.
1163
01:05:40,280 --> 01:05:42,408
I am wigging out, man.
1164
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:45,324
Okay, just listen. We don't need you.
You go. Okay?
1165
01:05:45,400 --> 01:05:46,890
- I'll go.
- Go.
1166
01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:48,600
No, that stairwell.
1167
01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:51,365
No, that stairway to the 82nd floor.
1168
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:53,488
To the 82nd floor, there's an elevator.
1169
01:05:53,560 --> 01:05:56,643
Listen, man. Look, I really want to
help you guys do something radical.
1170
01:05:56,720 --> 01:05:58,165
Okay, man? But, you know...
Oh, man!
1171
01:05:58,240 --> 01:05:59,287
(GUARD'S VOICE ON INTERPHONE)
1172
01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:02,250
Oh, man. Oh, I'm shagging ass, man.
1173
01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:21,281
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
1174
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:27,728
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIO)
1175
01:06:31,880 --> 01:06:34,850
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
1176
01:06:43,840 --> 01:06:46,366
(BREATHING SILENTLY)
1177
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:56,685
Our only hope is maybe
this guard will move to another floor
1178
01:06:56,760 --> 01:06:59,047
or maybe once it gets dark
we'll sneak past him.
1179
01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:01,766
But I must admit, by this time,
1180
01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:04,731
I was very worried
the coup was over already.
1181
01:07:07,640 --> 01:07:09,165
Hey, Annie!
1182
01:07:09,280 --> 01:07:12,045
- Hey, I've been looking all over for you.
- Is everything okay?
1183
01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:14,362
We hit a little snag,
but I think everything's all right.
1184
01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:15,521
Okay.
1185
01:07:30,080 --> 01:07:31,445
(DOOR OPENS)
1186
01:07:31,880 --> 01:07:33,450
GUARD: Jesus Christ.
1187
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:36,561
I can't believe they don't gate this shaft.
1188
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:39,570
Somebody's gonna get killed.
1189
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:50,000
PHILIPPE: So there we sit, balancing
on this steel I-beam for an eternity.
1190
01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:52,287
And the worst part, the most painful part
1191
01:07:52,360 --> 01:07:55,489
was our heavy construction shoes
killing our feet.
1192
01:08:18,440 --> 01:08:19,521
(GRUNTS)
1193
01:08:39,880 --> 01:08:42,724
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
1194
01:09:22,400 --> 01:09:24,243
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
1195
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,529
PHILIPPE: I see the walkie-talkie,
but I don't see the guard.
1196
01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:30,208
So what does this mean? Is the guard gone?
1197
01:09:30,680 --> 01:09:33,286
Is he still there,
just standing outside of my view?
1198
01:09:33,360 --> 01:09:36,443
He wouldn't leave his
walkie-talkie unattended, would he?
1199
01:09:36,800 --> 01:09:37,801
I turn to Jeff
1200
01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:40,928
and I see the terror on Jeff's face.
1201
01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:44,049
And his terror begins to seep into my mind.
1202
01:09:44,120 --> 01:09:47,602
And I start to conjure
these hideous thoughts myself.
1203
01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:03,765
Time passes. I keep looking and looking
1204
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:06,923
and this walkie-talkie just sits there
and I'm wondering,
1205
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:10,322
"What is going on with this security guard
and his walkie-talkie?
1206
01:10:10,800 --> 01:10:12,370
"Is he just playing with me?
1207
01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:15,171
"Is he waiting for me to come out
so he can laugh at me?
1208
01:10:15,240 --> 01:10:16,241
"Is he asleep?"
1209
01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:20,685
Then about an hour after nightfall...
1210
01:10:32,320 --> 01:10:33,321
He's gone.
1211
01:10:54,040 --> 01:10:55,485
(GRUNTING)
1212
01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:05,161
(GROANS)
1213
01:11:07,960 --> 01:11:09,041
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
1214
01:11:09,160 --> 01:11:10,366
Is the guard gone?
1215
01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:12,086
I don't see him.
1216
01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:16,410
Three hours behind schedule.
1217
01:11:31,720 --> 01:11:33,882
(SHUSHING)
1218
01:11:47,240 --> 01:11:48,241
(JEFF SPEAKING FRENCH)
1219
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:49,481
What's wrong with him?
1220
01:11:49,560 --> 01:11:50,561
PHILIPPE: (IN ENGLISH) I don't know.
1221
01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:51,641
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1222
01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:52,721
Could be on drugs.
1223
01:11:53,560 --> 01:11:55,244
Or he's dead.
1224
01:12:10,320 --> 01:12:12,448
(WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
1225
01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:18,690
PHILIPPE: (IN ENGLISH)
Ah, look! He made it.
1226
01:12:18,920 --> 01:12:20,081
(LAUGHS)
1227
01:12:20,440 --> 01:12:21,441
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1228
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:22,521
He's ready to shoot!
1229
01:12:22,920 --> 01:12:23,921
Watch the guard.
1230
01:12:24,120 --> 01:12:25,531
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1231
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:30,687
PHILIPPE: Jean-Louis and I had worked out
some hand signals.
1232
01:12:30,760 --> 01:12:33,491
So now he was telling me he's ready
to shoot the arrow.
1233
01:12:33,560 --> 01:12:36,803
He's supposed to signal,
and then five seconds later, he shoots.
1234
01:12:43,800 --> 01:12:46,371
But after five seconds, nothing happens.
1235
01:12:48,680 --> 01:12:52,287
I listen for the sound of the arrow hitting,
but I hear nothing.
1236
01:12:52,360 --> 01:12:54,089
I look around. I see nothing.
1237
01:12:54,160 --> 01:12:56,401
I think maybe the arrow has flown too far.
1238
01:12:56,760 --> 01:13:01,243
So I wave my arms around hoping
I'll feel this invisible fishing line,
1239
01:13:01,320 --> 01:13:03,288
but I feel nothing.
1240
01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:18,601
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1241
01:13:18,680 --> 01:13:19,841
Philippe! What the hell are you doing?
1242
01:13:20,200 --> 01:13:21,440
(IN ENGLISH) Looking for the fishing line!
1243
01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:25,361
So I take off my clothes, thinking
that with more surface of bare skin
1244
01:13:25,480 --> 01:13:27,209
I'll have a greater chance of feeling
this fishing line.
1245
01:13:27,280 --> 01:13:28,281
(BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH)
1246
01:13:28,360 --> 01:13:29,407
Can I help?
1247
01:13:30,160 --> 01:13:31,525
No!
Watch the guard!
1248
01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:33,167
(GASPS)
1249
01:13:36,160 --> 01:13:38,083
(GASPS) No, no, no.
1250
01:13:58,640 --> 01:13:59,641
JEFF: Philippe!
1251
01:13:59,800 --> 01:14:00,801
(PHILIPPE SPEAKS FRENCH)
1252
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:01,927
(JEFF SPEAKING FRENCH)
1253
01:14:02,040 --> 01:14:04,771
The guard is gone!
1254
01:14:05,680 --> 01:14:07,125
PHILIPPE: (IN ENGLISH)
So, I throw my clothes back on
1255
01:14:07,200 --> 01:14:10,204
and we run our gear up to the roof
as fast as we can.
1256
01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:35,530
Listen, I think we should get some rest
and come back before sunrise.
1257
01:14:35,800 --> 01:14:36,801
Oh, you go. I'm staying.
1258
01:14:36,880 --> 01:14:38,564
- All night?
- Yeah.
1259
01:14:39,640 --> 01:14:40,880
Annie, there's nothing
you can do from down here.
1260
01:14:40,960 --> 01:14:43,361
Either Philippe is gonna pull this off
or he's not.
1261
01:14:43,440 --> 01:14:44,680
Besides, you look really suspicious
1262
01:14:44,760 --> 01:14:47,280
standing out here with some binoculars
hanging around your neck.
1263
01:14:47,840 --> 01:14:48,921
Well, I'll keep moving.
1264
01:14:49,400 --> 01:14:52,244
- It's New York City. It's dangerous.
- I'll be fine.
1265
01:14:56,440 --> 01:14:58,568
Wonder if Philippe knows
you're still out here.
1266
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:06,040
- I'll bring you a donut in the morning.
- (CHUCKLES)
1267
01:15:06,080 --> 01:15:07,081
Thank you.
1268
01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:14,529
(PHILIPPE PANTING)
1269
01:15:18,760 --> 01:15:19,966
(GRUNTS)
1270
01:15:38,840 --> 01:15:40,888
PHILIPPE: Okay, good. He marked it.
1271
01:15:52,800 --> 01:15:53,847
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1272
01:15:53,920 --> 01:15:54,921
Jean-Louie's mark!
1273
01:16:02,800 --> 01:16:04,802
Hello, hello, Jean-Louis.
How do you hear me?
1274
01:16:04,880 --> 01:16:06,440
- JEAN-LOUIS: Loud and clear.
- (EXHALES)
1275
01:16:06,480 --> 01:16:08,881
Okay, good. We have communication.
I'm going to measure the rope
1276
01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:10,001
to find out where to put the cavalettis.
1277
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:11,081
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1278
01:16:11,160 --> 01:16:12,161
Here.
1279
01:16:12,240 --> 01:16:14,481
But, whatever you do...
1280
01:16:16,360 --> 01:16:17,960
(IN ENGLISH) I'll guard it with my life.
1281
01:16:26,600 --> 01:16:28,523
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
1282
01:17:16,400 --> 01:17:18,164
MAN: (ON RADIO) Garbowski, you awake?
1283
01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:21,361
That's very funny.
1284
01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:24,251
MAN: I need you to check
something down on 37th.
1285
01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:25,925
Yeah? What do you got?
1286
01:17:26,040 --> 01:17:29,362
MAN: How's about a pepperoni and sausage
with extra cheese?
1287
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:31,721
Now you're talking.
1288
01:17:52,640 --> 01:17:53,721
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1289
01:17:53,800 --> 01:17:55,290
That was close.
1290
01:17:56,600 --> 01:17:58,080
(IN ENGLISH) We need an alarm signal.
1291
01:18:14,120 --> 01:18:15,690
Fine. Okay.
I bolted the cavalettis in place.
1292
01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:17,649
We're ready to pass across the wire.
Are you ready?
1293
01:18:17,720 --> 01:18:18,801
JEAN-LOUIS: Yes.
1294
01:18:18,920 --> 01:18:21,605
Okay, first I pass the heavy rope,
then the walk cable.
1295
01:18:29,520 --> 01:18:30,806
JEAN-LOUIS: We got the rope.
1296
01:18:30,880 --> 01:18:32,564
Okay, we're sending the cable.
1297
01:18:45,800 --> 01:18:47,086
(JEFF SPEAKS FRENCH)
1298
01:18:47,400 --> 01:18:48,640
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
1299
01:19:13,560 --> 01:19:14,891
Okay, Okay.
1300
01:19:22,360 --> 01:19:23,691
- (WIRE SNAPS)
- (GRUNTING)
1301
01:19:24,840 --> 01:19:26,640
PHILIPPE: Hold it. Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
1302
01:19:26,680 --> 01:19:28,330
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1303
01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:37,244
(BOTH GRUNTING)
1304
01:20:00,960 --> 01:20:02,405
(SIZZLING)
1305
01:20:05,560 --> 01:20:06,721
(GRUNTING)
1306
01:20:25,320 --> 01:20:26,970
We have a problem.
1307
01:20:27,600 --> 01:20:29,807
JEAN-LOUIS: We will do everything we can
to pull up the cable.
1308
01:20:29,880 --> 01:20:30,927
(SIGHING)
1309
01:20:31,520 --> 01:20:33,761
It's only a few hours before daylight.
1310
01:20:34,400 --> 01:20:35,765
(SIGHS)
1311
01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:37,720
JEAN-LOUIS: We will do everything we can.
1312
01:20:43,800 --> 01:20:45,086
(METAL CREAKING)
1313
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:52,681
ALBERT: (OVER RADIO)
Philippe, this is crazy.
1314
01:20:52,760 --> 01:20:54,603
We're never going to finish at this rate.
1315
01:20:54,760 --> 01:20:56,364
Yes, we will. We will finish.
1316
01:20:56,720 --> 01:20:58,484
ALBERT: No, we're not! We're not!
1317
01:20:58,640 --> 01:21:00,130
We're all gonna get caught and go to jail.
1318
01:21:00,200 --> 01:21:01,361
And I don't want to go to jail.
1319
01:21:01,440 --> 01:21:03,044
And the rigging isn't safe.
1320
01:21:03,120 --> 01:21:05,964
I'm not gonna watch you fall.
I'm leaving, okay. I quit.
1321
01:21:06,120 --> 01:21:09,010
Okay, Albert, listen to me.
Yes, I agree with you, okay?
1322
01:21:09,080 --> 01:21:11,287
And if the rigging is not done by daylight
1323
01:21:11,360 --> 01:21:15,126
and if the rigging is not safe,
then I'll give up.
1324
01:21:28,240 --> 01:21:30,322
Hey, look who made it through the night.
1325
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:33,280
- I got you a donut.
- Thank you.
1326
01:21:34,120 --> 01:21:35,485
Hey, the wire's up!
1327
01:21:35,920 --> 01:21:37,490
Yeah, but it's not tight yet.
1328
01:21:38,520 --> 01:21:39,760
Something's wrong.
1329
01:21:44,480 --> 01:21:45,720
JEAN-LOUIS: Philippe, are you there?
1330
01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:47,325
Yes, yes, I'm here.
1331
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:49,329
JEAN-LOUIS: The good news
is the cable is tied off
1332
01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:50,640
and secured on this end.
1333
01:21:50,840 --> 01:21:53,081
The bad news is Albert has quit.
1334
01:21:53,160 --> 01:21:55,970
Albert has quit. He said the sun is rising
and the coup is off.
1335
01:21:56,040 --> 01:21:58,611
Wait, did you put wood between
the anchor points and the cable?
1336
01:21:58,680 --> 01:22:01,001
JEAN-LOUIS: Philippe, did you hear me?
Albert is on strike.
1337
01:22:01,160 --> 01:22:03,083
He will no longer lift a finger to help me.
1338
01:22:03,160 --> 01:22:05,208
Not only that, he smuggled a camera up here
1339
01:22:05,280 --> 01:22:07,080
and he's going to take pictures
and sell them.
1340
01:22:07,680 --> 01:22:10,160
I knew it.
I told you I knew we couldn't trust him.
1341
01:22:10,240 --> 01:22:11,287
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1342
01:22:11,360 --> 01:22:14,443
Well, my friend...
it's just you and me.
1343
01:22:17,000 --> 01:22:20,766
(IN ENGLISH) And one more thing,
you will always be my Photograph Official.
1344
01:22:28,080 --> 01:22:29,127
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1345
01:22:29,200 --> 01:22:30,201
It's working!
1346
01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:38,403
(IN ENGLISH) The cable's moving!
1347
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:41,731
(LAUGHS)
1348
01:22:42,240 --> 01:22:43,571
He's going for it.
1349
01:22:44,240 --> 01:22:46,049
ANNIE: Look. It's moving up.
1350
01:23:04,720 --> 01:23:06,006
(CLANGING)
1351
01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:07,730
(BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH)
1352
01:23:07,800 --> 01:23:09,484
The wheel!
1353
01:23:12,360 --> 01:23:14,567
Come on!
I need your help!
1354
01:23:16,800 --> 01:23:19,041
The elevator is on its way up!
The workers will be here any moment!
1355
01:23:19,120 --> 01:23:22,044
Follow me!
We have to tighten the cavalettis!
1356
01:23:22,120 --> 01:23:24,441
Philippe, I can't do that!
1357
01:23:24,560 --> 01:23:25,846
Jeff, I'm begging you!
1358
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:28,241
If you don't help now,
the coup is over.
1359
01:23:28,680 --> 01:23:29,761
(IN ENGLISH) I can't do that.
1360
01:23:29,840 --> 01:23:30,841
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1361
01:23:30,920 --> 01:23:31,920
Don't look down.
1362
01:23:31,960 --> 01:23:33,485
Don't think about it.
1363
01:23:33,760 --> 01:23:34,760
Come on.
1364
01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:35,847
Help me review.
1365
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:38,048
- (IN ENGLISH) Seven times seven?
- Forty nine.
1366
01:23:38,760 --> 01:23:40,364
Nine times eight?
1367
01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:42,443
- Seventy two.
- Okay.
1368
01:23:42,960 --> 01:23:44,007
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1369
01:23:44,120 --> 01:23:45,121
Watch.
1370
01:23:48,120 --> 01:23:49,281
Turn this way.
1371
01:23:49,680 --> 01:23:50,761
Okay.
1372
01:23:54,160 --> 01:23:55,207
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
1373
01:23:55,280 --> 01:23:57,408
Stay here.
I'll tighten the next one.
1374
01:23:57,600 --> 01:23:59,204
Don't leave me!
1375
01:24:00,280 --> 01:24:01,441
(GRUNTS)
1376
01:24:04,120 --> 01:24:06,441
- (IN ENGLISH) Seven times eight!
- Fifty-six.
1377
01:24:07,720 --> 01:24:11,042
- Ninety six divided by eight!
- Twelve!
1378
01:24:14,160 --> 01:24:15,207
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
1379
01:24:15,320 --> 01:24:17,800
Let's go!
1380
01:24:21,280 --> 01:24:23,203
You did great.
Thank you.
1381
01:24:23,840 --> 01:24:25,808
(IN ENGLISH) The wheel.
1382
01:24:25,960 --> 01:24:27,121
(CLANGS)
1383
01:26:19,640 --> 01:26:20,687
(BOTH SPEAK FRENCH)
1384
01:26:20,760 --> 01:26:22,285
What were you going to do with that?
1385
01:26:22,360 --> 01:26:23,361
With what?
1386
01:26:28,160 --> 01:26:30,128
PHILIPPE: (IN ENGLISH)
And that was the moment in my adventure
1387
01:26:30,200 --> 01:26:32,282
I call, "The Mysterious Visitor."
1388
01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:35,844
I have no idea who he is.
I've never seen him again.
1389
01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:38,807
And I can only imagine
what he must have thought.
1390
01:26:47,000 --> 01:26:49,401
Now it's time for me to put on my costume.
1391
01:26:49,480 --> 01:26:51,209
But I have to do this privately,
1392
01:26:51,280 --> 01:26:53,726
so my dressing room is the very ledge
of the building.
1393
01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:56,451
Not visible from the streets of Manhattan.
1394
01:26:56,520 --> 01:26:59,649
The dressing room is also something
that Papa Rudy taught me.
1395
01:26:59,800 --> 01:27:02,326
This is where the
transformation takes place.
1396
01:27:02,400 --> 01:27:04,482
This is where the disguised impostor,
1397
01:27:04,800 --> 01:27:07,451
the intruder, becomes the performer.
1398
01:27:07,800 --> 01:27:09,325
The artist.
1399
01:27:09,800 --> 01:27:12,326
- (YELLS ANGRILY)
- Oh, my God! He's falling!
1400
01:27:14,480 --> 01:27:17,484
Oh, no, it's just his shirt.
1401
01:27:18,160 --> 01:27:19,764
It's just his shirt.
1402
01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:24,002
Hey. Nothing yet, huh?
1403
01:27:24,360 --> 01:27:25,805
(HORN HONKING)
1404
01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:27,160
Well, he better get cracking.
1405
01:27:34,800 --> 01:27:36,768
I lost my costume!
1406
01:27:36,880 --> 01:27:38,166
This is a tragedy!
1407
01:27:38,240 --> 01:27:40,004
The biggest stage of my life,
and I lose my costume!
1408
01:27:40,080 --> 01:27:42,003
It falls off the edge. I have no costume!
1409
01:27:42,080 --> 01:27:43,081
- What?
- (YELLING IN FRENCH)
1410
01:27:43,160 --> 01:27:44,321
I lost my turtleneck!
1411
01:27:44,400 --> 01:27:45,845
This is not my costume!
1412
01:27:45,920 --> 01:27:47,160
(SIGHS)
1413
01:27:47,360 --> 01:27:48,600
(IN ENGLISH) What should we do?
1414
01:27:49,440 --> 01:27:50,566
(SIGHS)
1415
01:27:53,520 --> 01:27:54,931
We do it. We do it anyway.
1416
01:27:55,040 --> 01:27:58,044
I walk in this ridiculous undershirt,
but we do it.
1417
01:27:58,480 --> 01:27:59,561
(SIGHS)
1418
01:28:58,640 --> 01:29:01,769
I have one foot on the building
and one foot on the wire.
1419
01:29:03,200 --> 01:29:06,443
And the outside world starts to disappear.
1420
01:29:16,600 --> 01:29:18,489
Jeff no longer existed.
1421
01:29:20,200 --> 01:29:22,407
My tower was deserted.
1422
01:29:35,320 --> 01:29:38,085
I no longer heard the sounds of New York.
1423
01:29:38,680 --> 01:29:40,569
Everything fell silent.
1424
01:29:43,320 --> 01:29:45,482
All I could see was the wire,
1425
01:29:46,040 --> 01:29:49,328
floating out in a straight
line to infinity.
1426
01:29:55,920 --> 01:29:58,287
And if I were to shift my weight,
1427
01:29:58,960 --> 01:30:01,201
I would become a wire walker.
1428
01:31:15,760 --> 01:31:18,525
As soon as my entire
weight is on the cable,
1429
01:31:18,920 --> 01:31:22,208
I feel immediately a
feeling I know by heart.
1430
01:31:22,840 --> 01:31:25,081
I feel the wire supporting me.
1431
01:31:25,360 --> 01:31:27,806
I feel the towers supporting the wire.
1432
01:31:28,160 --> 01:31:30,128
ANNIE: Oh, my God! He's doing it.
1433
01:31:30,280 --> 01:31:33,727
He's doing it!
(LAUGHING) Do you see? Oh, my God!
1434
01:31:33,920 --> 01:31:35,763
He's doing it!
1435
01:31:36,400 --> 01:31:38,482
- Everybody! Everybody stop! Look!
- (LAUGHING)
1436
01:31:38,560 --> 01:31:41,006
There's a wire walker!
1437
01:31:41,080 --> 01:31:42,080
There!
1438
01:31:42,120 --> 01:31:46,091
Yes! Yes! Yes! You did it!
1439
01:32:08,120 --> 01:32:11,920
PHILIPPE: I approach the first cavaletti,
and it's upside down.
1440
01:32:13,960 --> 01:32:18,409
But I look closer and it seems okay.
1441
01:32:26,720 --> 01:32:29,724
Thank you, Papa Rudy,
for suggesting the three bolts.
1442
01:32:50,200 --> 01:32:52,248
ALBERT: Watch the birdie, Philippe.
1443
01:33:01,680 --> 01:33:02,886
Philippe.
1444
01:33:04,520 --> 01:33:07,808
Come on, Philippe. You're doing it.
You're doing it, Philippe.
1445
01:33:09,360 --> 01:33:11,010
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
1446
01:33:26,040 --> 01:33:28,247
- J.P.: Oh, my God!
- (CROWD CHEERING)
1447
01:33:28,440 --> 01:33:29,680
(WHOOPING)
1448
01:33:31,040 --> 01:33:32,644
That's brilliant!
1449
01:33:32,720 --> 01:33:34,449
PHILIPPE: I arrive at the North Tower
1450
01:33:34,520 --> 01:33:37,364
feeling the most intense joy,
1451
01:33:37,440 --> 01:33:41,525
the most profound satisfaction
I've ever felt in my life.
1452
01:33:42,040 --> 01:33:46,045
Philippe! Come on, Philippe.
Philippe, okay. Yeah, working man. Okay.
1453
01:33:46,880 --> 01:33:49,121
All right, now over your
right shoulder, huh?
1454
01:33:49,200 --> 01:33:50,770
Philippe, smile.
1455
01:33:55,720 --> 01:33:58,564
My friend, thank you.
1456
01:34:12,240 --> 01:34:13,571
(EXHALING DEEPLY)
1457
01:34:13,880 --> 01:34:15,006
(CHUCKLES)
1458
01:34:19,440 --> 01:34:23,206
PHILIPPE: I had finished my crossing,
the coup was over.
1459
01:34:24,560 --> 01:34:27,086
But then I looked over at the South Tower
1460
01:34:28,240 --> 01:34:30,083
and it was still calling to me.
1461
01:34:35,840 --> 01:34:37,649
So I'm thinking,
1462
01:34:39,000 --> 01:34:41,002
maybe I should get back on my wire.
1463
01:34:43,280 --> 01:34:45,123
- (CROWD MURMURING)
- He's coming back out.
1464
01:34:48,080 --> 01:34:51,323
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
1465
01:35:25,560 --> 01:35:28,040
PHILIPPE: And then I feel something
1466
01:35:28,120 --> 01:35:31,966
that maybe I've never truly felt before.
1467
01:35:36,160 --> 01:35:37,685
I feel thankful.
1468
01:35:43,600 --> 01:35:46,570
So, I get down on one knee
1469
01:35:46,640 --> 01:35:47,971
and I salute.
1470
01:35:49,040 --> 01:35:51,247
First, I salute the wire,
1471
01:35:52,200 --> 01:35:54,168
then the towers,
1472
01:35:55,200 --> 01:35:58,966
and then I salute the
great city of New York.
1473
01:36:25,200 --> 01:36:28,283
Then, as I stand, I see two uniforms.
1474
01:36:28,360 --> 01:36:29,805
The cops.
1475
01:36:30,400 --> 01:36:33,006
SERGEANT: Christ Almighty,
what the hell is that?
1476
01:36:34,720 --> 01:36:35,721
Cuff him.
1477
01:36:35,800 --> 01:36:37,564
Hey! Get your hands on your head.
1478
01:36:37,640 --> 01:36:38,846
Get down! Get down!
1479
01:36:38,920 --> 01:36:40,729
Get your hands on your head. Down!
1480
01:36:41,160 --> 01:36:42,764
JEFF: (STAMMERING)
I'm French. I don't speak English.
1481
01:36:42,840 --> 01:36:43,966
What?
1482
01:36:44,040 --> 01:36:46,611
Holy shit. This one's a frog.
1483
01:36:46,680 --> 01:36:48,284
JEFF: French, I'm French.
1484
01:36:50,480 --> 01:36:53,689
You and twinkle toes are in a lot of trouble,
you know that?
1485
01:36:56,240 --> 01:36:57,651
Uh, look, fella.
1486
01:36:57,720 --> 01:36:59,802
Just, uh, come on in
1487
01:37:00,400 --> 01:37:03,404
and, um, we'll talk about it, all right?
1488
01:37:04,960 --> 01:37:06,485
Okay, buddy. Come on.
1489
01:37:06,560 --> 01:37:08,289
Come on in. Yeah.
1490
01:37:08,360 --> 01:37:09,521
Show's over.
1491
01:37:09,600 --> 01:37:11,409
Okay. Come on.
1492
01:37:12,360 --> 01:37:14,203
Parlez-vous American-o?
1493
01:37:17,840 --> 01:37:18,966
- Careful!
- Whoa!
1494
01:37:22,560 --> 01:37:24,767
- (GASPS)
- Jesus!
1495
01:37:25,640 --> 01:37:27,688
PHILIPPE: These officers, God bless them,
1496
01:37:27,760 --> 01:37:30,809
they remind me of my days
when I had to run from the police.
1497
01:37:30,880 --> 01:37:33,645
But they can't follow me up here.
1498
01:37:33,720 --> 01:37:36,200
- What the hell do we do now?
- (PANTING)
1499
01:37:57,520 --> 01:37:59,204
PHILIPPE: By now, I'm becoming aware
1500
01:37:59,280 --> 01:38:01,886
of the people on the ground below,
watching me.
1501
01:38:02,320 --> 01:38:04,209
My audience.
1502
01:38:04,280 --> 01:38:08,205
And even though this is something
a wire walker should never do,
1503
01:38:08,280 --> 01:38:10,282
I look down.
1504
01:38:37,960 --> 01:38:40,167
And it was...
1505
01:38:43,200 --> 01:38:44,964
it was peaceful.
1506
01:38:45,040 --> 01:38:47,407
It was calm and serene.
1507
01:38:48,200 --> 01:38:49,929
Not dangerous.
1508
01:38:53,760 --> 01:38:55,125
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
1509
01:38:55,240 --> 01:38:56,526
Did you hear that?
1510
01:38:57,080 --> 01:38:58,491
Someone's coming. Go. Go, go now.
1511
01:38:58,560 --> 01:39:01,848
Go, go, go. Go.
1512
01:39:01,920 --> 01:39:03,490
- Go, go, go.
- Okay.
1513
01:39:10,240 --> 01:39:11,685
- (SHUSHING)
- (DOOR OPENS)
1514
01:39:13,200 --> 01:39:14,486
- They're over here.
- We're on the roof.
1515
01:39:14,560 --> 01:39:15,800
MAN: Hey, buddy!
1516
01:39:16,160 --> 01:39:17,685
What are you doing out there?
1517
01:39:19,480 --> 01:39:21,448
Jesus. Hey, get a load of this!
1518
01:39:21,520 --> 01:39:22,851
This fool has gone and lost his mind.
1519
01:39:22,920 --> 01:39:23,921
Hey. Hey, pallie.
1520
01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:25,843
Why don't you come down
off that thing, all right?
1521
01:39:25,920 --> 01:39:27,160
Why you doing this?
1522
01:39:27,280 --> 01:39:29,203
- Whoa, whoa.
- Come on.
1523
01:39:29,280 --> 01:39:32,011
Okay, hey. Stop wastin' everyone's time!
1524
01:39:32,080 --> 01:39:33,969
Come on. Get down off that wire now!
1525
01:39:34,040 --> 01:39:35,040
Quit foolin' around.
1526
01:39:35,080 --> 01:39:36,730
Okay, hey, hard-on.
1527
01:39:37,120 --> 01:39:39,009
Shit. Oh, shit.
1528
01:39:39,080 --> 01:39:40,366
Hey, hey, hey.
1529
01:39:40,440 --> 01:39:41,851
Whoa, whoa. Don't fall, buddy!
1530
01:39:41,920 --> 01:39:43,570
Hey, hey, don't go fallin'!
1531
01:39:44,160 --> 01:39:46,811
- Goddamn it.
- Freakin' believe this little pissant?
1532
01:39:47,600 --> 01:39:50,649
PHILIPPE: Now with police on both rooftops,
I have no choice.
1533
01:39:50,720 --> 01:39:52,165
I have to stay on my wire.
1534
01:39:52,240 --> 01:39:53,890
- COP 1: Whoa!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
1535
01:39:53,960 --> 01:39:55,325
- Buddy.
- No. No.
1536
01:39:58,160 --> 01:39:59,924
Oh. Oh.
1537
01:40:01,440 --> 01:40:02,930
COP 2: Wow.
1538
01:40:07,720 --> 01:40:10,883
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
1539
01:40:24,360 --> 01:40:26,124
Unbelievable.
1540
01:40:47,120 --> 01:40:48,406
All right. You get him.
1541
01:40:48,520 --> 01:40:50,204
- I got your back.
- Yeah, okay. I...
1542
01:40:50,280 --> 01:40:51,361
- You got me?
- I got you.
1543
01:40:51,480 --> 01:40:52,561
- You got me, okay?
- Yes.
1544
01:40:52,640 --> 01:40:54,005
Okay, come on.
1545
01:40:54,440 --> 01:40:55,601
- That's it. Nice and slowly.
- All right.
1546
01:40:55,680 --> 01:40:56,841
- Let's go.
- All right, come on.
1547
01:40:56,920 --> 01:40:57,887
SERGEANT: That's it.
Nice and slowly, buddy.
1548
01:40:57,960 --> 01:40:58,961
OFFICER: Got it.
1549
01:40:59,160 --> 01:41:00,280
- Hold.
- SERGEANT: That's it.
1550
01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:01,845
OFFICER: Come on, buddy.
1551
01:41:01,920 --> 01:41:03,285
Okay.
1552
01:41:03,640 --> 01:41:05,005
Here we go.
1553
01:41:05,640 --> 01:41:07,881
Here we go. Yeah.
1554
01:41:08,840 --> 01:41:11,207
Okay, man. Yeah.
1555
01:41:11,280 --> 01:41:13,442
Here we... Okay. One more.
1556
01:41:14,520 --> 01:41:16,522
- What... What are you doing?
- Damn.
1557
01:41:16,840 --> 01:41:18,205
What are you doing?
1558
01:41:19,640 --> 01:41:21,051
- You S.O.B.!
- Damn.
1559
01:41:21,120 --> 01:41:22,281
Come on!
1560
01:41:22,360 --> 01:41:24,010
Unbelievable!
1561
01:41:56,360 --> 01:41:59,489
(SIRENS WAILING)
1562
01:42:08,840 --> 01:42:10,649
Now I've seen everything.
1563
01:42:10,720 --> 01:42:11,960
Damn straight.
1564
01:42:12,040 --> 01:42:13,644
This dude is righteous.
1565
01:42:13,720 --> 01:42:15,051
He better start wrapping it up.
1566
01:42:15,120 --> 01:42:16,121
There's a storm front moving in.
1567
01:42:16,200 --> 01:42:17,200
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1568
01:42:17,240 --> 01:42:18,241
Okay, Philippe.
1569
01:42:18,400 --> 01:42:19,925
Time to stop.
1570
01:42:24,000 --> 01:42:28,562
PHILIPPE: There on my back,
the sky fills my vision.
1571
01:42:28,640 --> 01:42:29,880
The clouds,
1572
01:42:32,040 --> 01:42:33,724
they're like music.
1573
01:42:36,480 --> 01:42:38,847
Then, something appears.
1574
01:42:41,280 --> 01:42:42,611
An apparition.
1575
01:42:42,680 --> 01:42:43,920
A bird!
1576
01:42:45,560 --> 01:42:47,722
This bird is looking at me.
1577
01:42:48,520 --> 01:42:51,444
And I feel this silent threat.
1578
01:42:59,720 --> 01:43:01,006
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
1579
01:43:01,440 --> 01:43:02,521
- POLICEMAN 1: Easy. Easy.
- (YELPING)
1580
01:43:02,600 --> 01:43:03,761
Easy!
1581
01:43:10,880 --> 01:43:13,201
PHILIPPE: Suddenly, I'm invaded by doubts.
1582
01:43:13,280 --> 01:43:16,090
I'm thinking maybe
the cable is tired of supporting me.
1583
01:43:16,480 --> 01:43:18,801
- (CREAKING)
- What if my towers are talking to each other?
1584
01:43:18,920 --> 01:43:21,280
What if they've had enough?
What if they decide to eject me?
1585
01:43:24,960 --> 01:43:26,724
- (ALL GASP)
- No, no, no. He's okay.
1586
01:43:26,800 --> 01:43:30,600
I'm thinking maybe it's time
for me to end this trespassing.
1587
01:43:39,280 --> 01:43:42,045
OFFICER: (ON SPEAKER)
This is the New York Port Authority Police!
1588
01:43:44,200 --> 01:43:47,522
Remove yourself from the wire immediately.
1589
01:43:47,600 --> 01:43:50,649
You're in violation of
about 100 city ordinances.
1590
01:43:57,600 --> 01:44:00,410
I want you off that wire immediately
1591
01:44:00,480 --> 01:44:04,610
or we will be forced to take steps
to remove you from it.
1592
01:44:04,960 --> 01:44:06,485
- You tell him to come in!
- (JEFF SPEAKING FRENCH)
1593
01:44:06,560 --> 01:44:07,925
Philippe!
1594
01:44:08,000 --> 01:44:10,128
They're crazy!
They want to kill you!
1595
01:44:10,200 --> 01:44:11,884
Philippe! They're going to cut the cable!
1596
01:44:15,480 --> 01:44:16,527
Philippe!
1597
01:44:16,600 --> 01:44:18,648
(JEFF CONTINUES SPEAKING FRENCH)
1598
01:44:23,000 --> 01:44:24,880
POLICEMAN: (IN ENGLISH)
You tell him to come in!
1599
01:44:25,400 --> 01:44:26,447
Philippe!
1600
01:44:26,520 --> 01:44:27,521
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
1601
01:44:27,600 --> 01:44:30,843
They're insane!
They're going to cut the cable!
1602
01:44:33,960 --> 01:44:38,284
PHILIPPE: But I can't end my walk
on a moment of doubt
1603
01:44:38,360 --> 01:44:41,091
with curled shoulders and hanging head.
1604
01:44:42,560 --> 01:44:43,925
I decide.
1605
01:44:44,520 --> 01:44:48,241
I will only leave my wire and my towers
1606
01:44:48,320 --> 01:44:49,526
in victory.
1607
01:45:09,880 --> 01:45:11,484
(CREAKING)
1608
01:45:33,080 --> 01:45:34,525
POLICEMAN: Nice and close, now.
1609
01:45:36,280 --> 01:45:37,770
I got you.
1610
01:45:39,400 --> 01:45:41,129
Reach. Grab him, grab him.
1611
01:45:43,000 --> 01:45:44,604
Attaboy. There you go.
1612
01:45:50,760 --> 01:45:53,730
Officers of the New York Police Department,
1613
01:45:54,760 --> 01:45:56,046
thank you for your patience.
1614
01:45:56,160 --> 01:45:57,844
I announce my arrival to the police.
1615
01:45:57,920 --> 01:46:01,049
- My walk between these magnificent towers...
- I tell them my work is finished./i>
1616
01:46:01,120 --> 01:46:02,360
...is now finished.
1617
01:46:02,440 --> 01:46:04,522
But my walk is not finished.
1618
01:46:04,600 --> 01:46:06,728
I still have three more steps to do.
1619
01:46:17,280 --> 01:46:19,328
(JEFF SPEAKS FRENCH)
1620
01:46:19,880 --> 01:46:21,211
JEFF: Are you okay?
1621
01:46:21,280 --> 01:46:23,282
POLICEMAN: Easy.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
1622
01:46:38,960 --> 01:46:40,849
- Okay, come on. Come on.
- All right.
1623
01:46:42,640 --> 01:46:44,005
(ALL EXCLAIM)
1624
01:46:44,400 --> 01:46:45,811
POLICEMAN 1: I got it. I got it.
POLICEMAN 2: Careful.
1625
01:46:45,920 --> 01:46:48,161
My name is Philippe Petit. I'm a wire walker.
(GRUNTING)
1626
01:46:48,640 --> 01:46:50,847
- OFFICER: Get down, smart-ass.
- Come on.
1627
01:46:50,920 --> 01:46:52,160
OFFICER: Show's over.
1628
01:46:52,240 --> 01:46:53,321
Bobby, hook him up.
1629
01:46:53,480 --> 01:46:55,482
(CROWD CHEERING)
1630
01:46:59,840 --> 01:47:01,365
(EXCLAMATIONS OF RELIEF)
1631
01:47:04,720 --> 01:47:06,085
(CHEERING)
1632
01:47:09,360 --> 01:47:11,010
J.P.: Bring it in!
1633
01:47:13,800 --> 01:47:15,689
What'd you think? (LAUGHING)
1634
01:47:15,760 --> 01:47:17,125
BARRY: Told you. Told you.
1635
01:47:17,240 --> 01:47:18,366
Oh, my God.
1636
01:47:18,840 --> 01:47:20,649
Philippe, you've done it.
1637
01:47:21,080 --> 01:47:22,411
My Philippe.
1638
01:47:22,520 --> 01:47:24,284
(LAUGHS)
1639
01:47:27,760 --> 01:47:29,569
No, no, no! No, don't cut the wire!
1640
01:47:29,640 --> 01:47:30,640
Don't cut my wire!
1641
01:47:30,680 --> 01:47:31,681
- Shut up!
- No!
1642
01:47:31,760 --> 01:47:34,001
- Nobody gives a damn about your wire!
- There's too much tension!
1643
01:47:34,080 --> 01:47:35,923
It will snap! It will hurt somebody!
You have to believe me!
1644
01:47:36,000 --> 01:47:38,287
- Hold on. Hold on, guys.
- You have to loosen it with the grip hoist.
1645
01:47:38,360 --> 01:47:39,930
He's right. Where's the handle?
1646
01:47:40,000 --> 01:47:42,890
It's hidden in a hole in the wall.
1647
01:48:11,560 --> 01:48:12,846
(CROWD APPLAUDING)
1648
01:48:12,920 --> 01:48:14,251
MAN: There he is.
1649
01:48:14,960 --> 01:48:16,291
MAN 2: Make a hole, make a hole!
1650
01:48:17,040 --> 01:48:19,202
All right. Out of the way!
1651
01:48:40,880 --> 01:48:42,041
Watch your fingers.
1652
01:48:42,160 --> 01:48:43,491
MAN: They're comin' down, Lou.
1653
01:48:53,280 --> 01:48:55,931
- (TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
- (CROWD CHEERING)
1654
01:49:02,800 --> 01:49:04,211
FRANK: I gotta hand it to you damn frogs.
1655
01:49:04,280 --> 01:49:06,282
You sure pulled the wool over my eyes.
1656
01:49:08,680 --> 01:49:10,205
I gotta tell ya.
1657
01:49:10,280 --> 01:49:11,930
What you did was somethin'.
1658
01:49:12,920 --> 01:49:15,969
I know I'll never see anything like that
again in my life.
1659
01:49:17,240 --> 01:49:18,844
You got guts, pal.
1660
01:49:19,800 --> 01:49:21,040
Good job.
1661
01:49:42,920 --> 01:49:44,763
- Why did you do this?
- Channel 6 News.
1662
01:49:44,840 --> 01:49:46,604
The world would like to know
why are you doing this?
1663
01:49:46,680 --> 01:49:47,886
Channel 3. We wanna know why.
1664
01:49:47,960 --> 01:49:50,247
Why are you attempting
something so dangerous?
1665
01:49:50,320 --> 01:49:51,321
There is no why.
1666
01:49:51,400 --> 01:49:53,129
Just, uh, because, uh...
1667
01:49:54,160 --> 01:49:57,642
When I see a beautiful place to put my wire,
I cannot resist.
1668
01:49:57,720 --> 01:50:02,567
Later in the day, a judge sentenced Petit
to walk the wire again.
1669
01:50:02,640 --> 01:50:05,211
But this time, in Central Park,
for a crowd of children
1670
01:50:05,280 --> 01:50:08,011
and only a few feet off the ground.
1671
01:50:09,240 --> 01:50:13,040
The story of the coup was in the news
all over the world!
1672
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.
1673
01:50:18,040 --> 01:50:20,964
And when Papa Rudy's angry,
he's deadly angry.
1674
01:50:21,040 --> 01:50:22,963
But when Papa Rudy's happy,
1675
01:50:23,040 --> 01:50:25,281
his dogs get a double ration of food.
1676
01:50:30,960 --> 01:50:33,964
The most fantastic moment for me was
1677
01:50:34,040 --> 01:50:37,169
when I saw you answered
my shooting signal.
1678
01:50:37,240 --> 01:50:39,607
At that moment, I knew
the coup would be a success.
1679
01:50:39,680 --> 01:50:41,489
What you mean?
We almost lost the arrow.
1680
01:50:41,560 --> 01:50:42,641
It was on the edge of the building.
1681
01:50:42,720 --> 01:50:45,610
No. It was exactly where I was aiming.
1682
01:50:45,680 --> 01:50:46,886
Oh, so you admit it?
1683
01:50:46,960 --> 01:50:48,405
You wanted to see him in his birthday suit.
1684
01:50:48,520 --> 01:50:50,488
- Oh, yeah.
- (ALL LAUGHING)
1685
01:50:51,160 --> 01:50:52,844
Okay. Okay, okay.
1686
01:50:52,920 --> 01:50:55,161
I would like to make a toast now.
1687
01:50:56,720 --> 01:50:59,246
To all of you, my accomplices.
1688
01:50:59,560 --> 01:51:01,403
I know I can be, uh...
1689
01:51:02,360 --> 01:51:03,850
A bit difficult.
1690
01:51:04,760 --> 01:51:05,807
(CHUCKLES)
1691
01:51:05,880 --> 01:51:09,487
But, but you never gave up on me.
1692
01:51:10,640 --> 01:51:14,167
And because of this,
I was able to walk on that wire.
1693
01:51:14,240 --> 01:51:17,722
So for allowing me this honor, thank you.
1694
01:51:19,000 --> 01:51:20,923
(SPEAKING IN FRENCH)
1695
01:51:21,920 --> 01:51:23,843
- Oh, you mean "cheers."
- JEAN-LOUIS: Cheers!
1696
01:51:23,920 --> 01:51:25,524
JEAN-LOUIS: Cheers, cheers!
1697
01:51:27,200 --> 01:51:28,964
Look at that.
1698
01:51:29,080 --> 01:51:30,730
I mean, we did it, Philippe.
1699
01:51:30,800 --> 01:51:33,531
We showed the world
that anything's possible.
1700
01:51:34,360 --> 01:51:35,691
They're different.
1701
01:51:35,760 --> 01:51:37,569
Hey, Philippe, they're different now.
1702
01:51:38,120 --> 01:51:39,565
Yeah, that's right.
1703
01:51:39,640 --> 01:51:42,246
They're different
because you walked up there.
1704
01:51:43,440 --> 01:51:47,286
You know every New Yorker I talk to now
says they love these towers?
1705
01:51:50,200 --> 01:51:52,282
Perhaps you brought them to life,
1706
01:51:53,280 --> 01:51:54,964
given them a soul.
1707
01:52:13,480 --> 01:52:16,768
Jean-Louis and Jeff,
soon afterward, they returned to France.
1708
01:52:16,840 --> 01:52:18,285
But I stayed.
1709
01:52:18,360 --> 01:52:21,330
I was proud to become a New Yorker.
1710
01:52:21,960 --> 01:52:25,407
Now, in order to stay,
I had to pay my debt to society.
1711
01:52:25,480 --> 01:52:29,610
So a judge mandated
that I perform a free walk in Central Park.
1712
01:52:29,720 --> 01:52:31,848
And, of course, I was happy to do this.
1713
01:52:33,600 --> 01:52:34,761
Annie...
1714
01:52:36,040 --> 01:52:37,610
Sadly, Annie returned to France.
1715
01:52:41,800 --> 01:52:42,801
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
1716
01:52:42,880 --> 01:52:43,881
Wait...
1717
01:52:47,520 --> 01:52:48,567
Are you sure?
1718
01:52:49,240 --> 01:52:50,446
I'm sure.
1719
01:52:52,640 --> 01:52:55,849
(IN ENGLISH) You accomplished your dream.
It's time for me to find mine.
1720
01:53:01,160 --> 01:53:02,161
(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)
1721
01:53:02,240 --> 01:53:03,685
See you soon?
1722
01:53:09,440 --> 01:53:10,726
Good bye.
1723
01:53:16,360 --> 01:53:17,566
PHILIPPE: Annie.
1724
01:53:19,360 --> 01:53:20,725
Thank you.
1725
01:53:20,800 --> 01:53:22,165
For everything.
1726
01:53:25,560 --> 01:53:27,642
I'm glad the towers called you.
1727
01:53:50,200 --> 01:53:51,281
That was incredible.
1728
01:53:51,360 --> 01:53:53,010
- Just don't do that again.
- No, never.
1729
01:53:53,080 --> 01:53:54,286
(LAUGHING)
1730
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PHILIPPE: And you remember Guy Tozzoli
from the press conference,
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01:53:57,240 --> 01:53:59,527
one of the men
behind the creation of the towers.
1732
01:53:59,600 --> 01:54:00,681
He loved the walk,
1733
01:54:00,760 --> 01:54:03,081
and he gave me a pass
to the observation deck
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01:54:03,160 --> 01:54:04,810
so I could go anytime I wanted.
1735
01:54:05,520 --> 01:54:07,966
And I went there many times alone.
1736
01:54:23,800 --> 01:54:26,883
I would find myself there,
looking at the void
1737
01:54:26,960 --> 01:54:29,247
to see how the thought comes back,
1738
01:54:29,320 --> 01:54:30,924
how the feeling returns.
1739
01:54:50,200 --> 01:54:51,850
Because it was...
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01:54:53,560 --> 01:54:55,130
it was a beautiful day.
1741
01:54:56,240 --> 01:54:58,368
And you know this pass I was given.
1742
01:54:58,440 --> 01:55:00,841
Well, these passes,
they have a date on them,
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01:55:00,920 --> 01:55:01,967
a date when they expire.
1744
01:55:02,080 --> 01:55:05,801
But on my pass,
Mr. Tozzoli, he crossed out the date,
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01:55:06,960 --> 01:55:08,530
and he wrote on it,
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01:55:09,480 --> 01:55:10,891
"Forever."
1746
01:55:11,305 --> 01:55:17,641
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