The plot follows Philippe Petit (played with manic energy by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) as he dreams of stringing a cable between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. The first hour is a charming heist film—recruiting misfits, casing the towers, evading security. But the final 45 minutes? Pure, vertigo-inducing magic.

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