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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.

  • CBS to air ‘9/11’ to mark fifth anniversary of attacks

    CBS to air ‘9/11’ to mark fifth anniversary of attacks

    MUMBAI: On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, US broadcaster CBS will re-air the the Multi-Award Winning Program 9/11 on 10 September.

    It will be updated to include new interviews and footage with many of the firefighters featured in the original presentation.

    The show is an insider’s account of the World Trade Center attack. The eyewitness story, which has aired twice before on CBS, has new interviews with many of the firefighters who were featured in the original program, discussing how their lives, families and the world have changed in the five years since the tragedy.

    Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro returns as host of the programme, taking viewers back to Ground Zero five years later.

    As with the previous airings, the broadcast of 9/11 will include information throughout the programme about how viewers can contribute to the Uniformed Firefighters Association Scholarship Fund to benefit all firefighters’ families. Due to the sensitive content and graphic language that appears in parts of the program, the broadcast also will include both audio and visual warnings to viewers, as well as an introduction by De Niro alerting viewers to the content of the programme.

    On Sept. 11, the Naudets and Hanlon were in lower Manhattan shooting a documentary on the Engine 7, Ladder 1 firefighters when Jules suddenly heard a roar from above and turned his camera upward. In doing so, he captured the only known video of the first plane striking the World Trade Center.

    Camera still rolling, Jules followed the firefighters into the heart of what would soon be known as Ground Zero. Gedeon also rushed to the scene with members of Ladder 1. Over the next several hours, the brothers captured extraordinary video unlike any broadcast since, including 75 minutes of footage from inside the North Tower as the rescue effort was underway and dramatic scenes of escape in the minutes before the building collapsed.