Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt As Philippe Petit In 'The Walk' Movie Teaser Trailer [VIDEO] Robert Zemeckis Recreates 'Man On Wire' 1974 World Trade Center High-Wire Spectacle

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in director Robert Zemeckis' The Walk as Philippe Petit, a man who tightrope walked 1,350 feet above the ground between New York City's Twin Towers back in 1974. The documentary Man on Wire showcased the actual events with real footage, but this week we were treated to the first teaser trailer for the scripted version of Petit's feat. Watch this brand new video right here, which also stars Ben Kingsley, Ben Schwartz, Charlotte Le Bon and more. (SPOILERS to follow)

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We previously reported on Gordon-Levitt using his production company, hitRECord, to tease this new movie and inform viewers about the true story. Check out more on this here!

Thanks to the wonders of CGI and compelling acting, we get to relive the events of the notorious walk in the first footage from this movie. Check out the teaser trailer for The Walk right here (via Entertainment Weekly):

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The Walk hits theaters on Oct. 2, 2015.

Here is the official synopsis of this new film (via Slash Film):

Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses cutting edge technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry, The Walk is true big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds. The film is a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, but most of all, to the Towers of the World Trade Center.

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