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Dale Charles Buggins (1961–1981) was an Australian stunt motorcyclist who had built a national and international reputation by the age of 20. At 17, Buggins broke a world record previously held by American stuntman Evel Knievel when he jumped 25 cars with a Yamaha dirt bike, in 1978.
The 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 the Clouds, released in paperback with the title Man on Wire. The title of the film is taken from the police report that led to the arrest (and later release) of Petit, whose performance ...
Despite the fact that many of the protagonists have never met and are from completely different worlds, they are all affected by the same occurrences; in subsequent interviews, the author has noted his intention to point out the melodramatic tensions present in all of our lives, whether perched upon a death-defying high wire, or merely trying ...
The structure of the high wire number installed on the floor of the theatre's orchestra pit was freestanding. The walls on either side of the stage were covered with a representation of a patchwork of 1 foot (0.30 m) ceramic tiles, each one different and hand-painted with gold leaf on a fabric that allowed for transparency and onto which images ...
Daring motorcyclists rode their bikes and performed tricks along the vertical walls of a famous barrel-shaped pit in India called the "Well of Death." Motorcyclists perform wild, gravity-defying ...
With little education, he dropped out of school to perform car stunts with a team of travelling daredevils. Subsequently, he began performing as a solo act, and he jumped at racetracks all over North America. He became a notorious showman, nicknamed "The Mad Canadian" for his death-defying antics. [1]
Karl Wallenda (/ w ɔː ˈ l ɛ n d ə /; January 21, 1905 – March 22, 1978) was a German-American high wire artist. He was the founder of The Flying Wallendas , a daredevil circus troupe whose members performed dangerous stunts far above the ground, often without a safety net.
The Walk is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Browne.It is based on the story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.