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  • Sony Le Plex HD to premiere Philippe Petit’s ‘The Walk’

    Sony Le Plex HD to premiere Philippe Petit’s ‘The Walk’

    MUMBAI: “My dream is to be the most glorious wire walker in history,” so said Philippe Petit.
    There may have been dozens step on the moon, but only one man has ever walked between the World Trade Center Towers, 1,350 feet above the ground. Bringing the engaging real-life depiction of the wire-walk between the Twin Towers, Sony Le Plex HD is all geared up to air the premiere of The Walk. The movie will broadcast on 20 November 2016 at 1 pm and 9 pm.

    Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the movie chronicles the courage and belief of 24-year-old Petit played by Joseph Gorden-Levitt along with actor Ben Kingsley as the worthy mentor.

    The plot revolves around a young French high-wire artist, whose heart is set on the Twin Towers in US, aspiring to walk the void between the two someday. His unnerving passion leads him to celebrated high wire artist Papa Rudy and beautiful musician Annie. Together, they resolve to accomplish the most illicit yet lyrical piece of performance in history.

    A visual spectacle in every sense of the term, The Walk was applauded across the world for outstanding visual effects. With rigorous lessons from Petit himself, Gorden-Levitt emerged as an actor of athletic finesse with just eight days to portray the story of man who believes that art can make you fly.

  • Sony Le Plex HD to premiere Philippe Petit’s ‘The Walk’

    Sony Le Plex HD to premiere Philippe Petit’s ‘The Walk’

    MUMBAI: “My dream is to be the most glorious wire walker in history,” so said Philippe Petit.
    There may have been dozens step on the moon, but only one man has ever walked between the World Trade Center Towers, 1,350 feet above the ground. Bringing the engaging real-life depiction of the wire-walk between the Twin Towers, Sony Le Plex HD is all geared up to air the premiere of The Walk. The movie will broadcast on 20 November 2016 at 1 pm and 9 pm.

    Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the movie chronicles the courage and belief of 24-year-old Petit played by Joseph Gorden-Levitt along with actor Ben Kingsley as the worthy mentor.

    The plot revolves around a young French high-wire artist, whose heart is set on the Twin Towers in US, aspiring to walk the void between the two someday. His unnerving passion leads him to celebrated high wire artist Papa Rudy and beautiful musician Annie. Together, they resolve to accomplish the most illicit yet lyrical piece of performance in history.

    A visual spectacle in every sense of the term, The Walk was applauded across the world for outstanding visual effects. With rigorous lessons from Petit himself, Gorden-Levitt emerged as an actor of athletic finesse with just eight days to portray the story of man who believes that art can make you fly.

  • ‘Back to the Future’ to return after three decades

    ‘Back to the Future’ to return after three decades

    NEW DELHI: The film Back to the Future will mark its 30th anniversary next May in a manner that will make it sound like new.

     

    Select concert venues will present Robert Zemeckis’s time-jumping blockbuster along with a live orchestra performing Alan Silvestri’s memorable score in sync with the film.

     

    The film made in 1985 showed how a young man is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence.

     

    The classic was directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale and starred Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and Lea Thompson in lead roles.

     

    The world premiere of the live-music cinematic event—a joint collaboration between Universal, IMG Artists, and the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency—will be performed by the 21st Century Orchestra in Lucerne, Switzerland in late May.

     

    Alan Silvestri, who worked with Zemeckis on 14 movies, is also writing 15 minutes of new music for the film that will be performed exclusively at these anniversary screenings. 

     

  • Washington, Zemeckis in Paramount’s Flight

    Washington, Zemeckis in Paramount’s Flight

    MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures has signed Denzel Washington and director Robert Zemeckis for its new film Flight.
     
    Written by John Gatins, the film tells the story of Whip (Washington), a commercial airline pilot who pulls off a heroic feat of flying in a damaged plane, saving 98 lives on a flight carrying 106 people.


     
    The film marks the first time teaming of Washington and Zemeckis, who had earlier directed films like Castaway, Forest Gump, Back To The Future and the live-action and animated classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
     
    The film, being produced by Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald under the Parkes/MacDonald banner, is set to go on the floors this October in Atlanta.