Philippe Petit (French pronunciation: [filip pəti]; born 13 August 1949) is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks...
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high-wire artist Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Petit, alongside Ben...
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French actor Philippe Petit, French performer and tightrope artist Philippe Petitcolin (born 1952/53), French businessman, CEO of Safran Philippe Russo, French...
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Knight Rises (2012), Looper (2012), and Lincoln (2012). He portrayed Philippe Petit in the Robert Zemeckis-directed film The Walk (2015) and whistleblower...
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estimate was depicted in 472 films. The Twin Towers were also used in Philippe Petit's tightrope-walking performance on August 7, 1974. Following the September...
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Mordicai Gerstein. Published in 2003, the book recounts the achievement of Philippe Petit, a French man who walked on a tightrope wire between the roofs of the...
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on May 26, 1977, about two and a half years after tightrope walker Philippe Petit walked between the tops of the two towers. Before the stunt, Willig...
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chess master Paul Petit (aviator) (1890-1918), French flying ace Philippe Petit (born 1949), French high-wire artist Pierre Petit (photographer) (1832–1909)...
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film chronicles Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center. It is based on Petit's 2002 book, To Reach...
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2008, IGN revealed in an interview with Philippe Petit that Zemeckis was working with Petit to turn Petit's memoir To Reach the Clouds into a feature...
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commercials, Flat Eric would ride with his friend Angel (played by Philippe Petit) around California, evading the police as a wanted criminal. As of 2023...
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Philippe Petit-Radel (Paris, 7 February 1749 – 30 November 1815) was a French physician, surgeon and writer, editor of the two volumes devoted to Surgery...
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documented the variety arts since the 1970s. His photographs helped Philippe Petit plan his tightrope-walking stunt between the Twin Towers of the World...
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first deal was for the autobiography To Walk the Clouds, which is about Philippe Petit, a French high wire walker who walked between the Twin Towers in 1974...
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Leslie E. Robertson, architect Robert A.M. Stern, high wire artist Philippe Petit, real estate developer (and future President) Donald Trump, and author...
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Alain Robert (redirect from Robert Alain Philippe)
of the Year (2011), Japan Harry Gardiner Dan Goodwin Ivan Kristoff Philippe Petit Owen Quinn George Willig "Description of Alain Robert". Alain Robert...
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Philippe Charles d'Orléans, petit-fils de France, Duke of Valois (16 July 1664 – 8 December 1666) was a French prince and Grandson of France. He was styled...
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ISBN 9782709661430. In 2015, Philippe prefaced Promenades avec Oscar Niemeyer by Danielle Knapp, published by Petit à Petit. With Gilles Boyer (2021). Impressions...
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Zemeckis' feature film The Walk, based upon the real-life story of Philippe Petit's high wire walk between the World Trade Center towers. He next featured...
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collaborator Brendan O'Brien. The album's cover features high wire artist Philippe Petit. At the close of the band's tour in support of Light Grenades (2006)...
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perspectives. The story is interspersed with fictionalized accounts of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk across the Twin Towers, the date on which the two...
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The Petit Beurre, or Véritable Petit Beurre, also known under the initials VPB, is a type of shortbread from Nantes, that is best known in France in general...
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dukedoms of Valois, Chartres and Nemours. Known as le Petit Monsieur or simply Monsieur, Philippe was a distinguished military commander and took part...
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Clown Michael Davis Skeeter Reece Bill Irwin Lou Jacobs Barry Lubin Philippe Petit Rob Mermin Glen "Frosty" Little Sarah Nash Gates (costume design, Class...
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involving a single ball, that required great control. Brunn helped Philippe Petit financially for the 1974 walk on a tightrope between the Twin Towers...
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America. Gordon-Levitt described Snowden as a person who is akin to Philippe Petit, whom Gordon-Levitt played in the 2015 film The Walk. Problems arose...
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Conspiracy International) Mist While Sleeping (2010 Dirter Promotions) [with Philippe Petit] Carter Tutti Void Transverse (2012 Mute) Carter Tutti Void f(x) (2015...
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Adolphe Philippe Millot (1 May 1857, Paris –18 December 1921, also Paris) was a French painter, lithographer and entomologist. Adolphe Philippe Millot...
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and Academy Award winning documentary Man On Wire, where he played Philippe Petit in the reenactments. Shortly after the "A Chorus Line" closed, McGill...
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"Rubric" and "Façades" both appeared in the 2008 documentary about Philippe Petit, Man on Wire. "Floe" was featured on the soundtrack of the 1989 Italian...
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