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  2. Paterson based his true story, which first appeared as the magazine novelette International Incident, on the escape of the Circus Brumbach from East Germany in 1950. Members of the Circus Brumbach appeared in the film version in both character roles and as extras.

  3. Sep 30, 2015 · Philippe Petit during his World Trade Center tightrope walk in 1974. AP Photo/Alan Welner When Petit first arrived at the Twin Towers, seeing them nearly crushed his dream, as he recalled:

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  4. Oct 8, 2015 · Yes. Like in The Walk movie, the high-wire artist also worked as a magician, performing on the streets of Paris. He began learning magic when he was six and fell in love with tightrope walking when he was a teenager, taking his first steps on a wire when he was sixteen.

  5. At an early age, Petit discovered magic and juggling. He loved to climb, and at 16, he took his first steps on a tightrope wire. He told a reporter, Within one year, I taught myself to do all the things you could do on a wire.

  6. Aug 7, 2014 · On August 7, 1974, New York awoke to find aerialist Philippe Petit walking on a wire between the 110-story World Trade Center towers.

  7. Aug 7, 2015 · History. Bizarre. The High-Level Scheming Behind Philippe Petit’s Twin Towers Tightrope Walk. 3 minute read. Philippe Petit (center) answers reporter's questions on Aug. 7, 1974, as he is...

  8. Sep 29, 2020 · On August 7, 1974, a young Frenchman caught the attention of jaded New Yorkers by wire-walking between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.