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The Walk
2015
· Movie
· 123 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1660
- IMDb #1478
- Google retired #782
- Rotten Tomatoes #1632
- Metacritic #1397
- Letterboxd #2696
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1717
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1954
- Metacritic Critics #1444
- Metacritic Audience #1349
- Criticker #1757
- Douban #1036
- Kinopoisk #1640
- AlloCiné #1229
- Trakt #1786
Every rating
49–92
out of 100
A French high-wire artist dreams of performing a walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. He recruits a team of helpers and plans the illegal stunt for years, dealing with logistical challenges and his own fears. The story builds toward the breathtaking and dangerous walk itself, a quarter-mile in the sky.
Details
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Writers
- Christopher Browne, Robert Zemeckis
- Studio
- TriStar Pictures, LStar Capital, ImageMovers
- Released
- 30 September 2015
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French, Czech
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $35.0M
- Box office
- $61.2M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Critic's Choice Awards 2015 | Best Visual Effects | The Walk | Nominee |
| Florida Film Critics Circle 2015 | Best Visual Effects | The Walk | Nominee |
| San Diego Film Critics Society 2015 | Best Visual Effects | The Walk | Winner |
| Satellite Awards 2015 | Best Visual Effects | Kevin Baillie, Jim Gibbs, Viktor Muller and Sébastien Moreau | Winner |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association 2015 | Best Visual Effects | The Walk | Nominee |
| Visual Effects Society 2015 | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Kevin Baillie, Camille Cellucci, Viktor Muller, Sebastien Moreau | Nominee |
| Visual Effects Society 2015 | Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature | Jim Gibbs, Brian Flora, Laurent Tallefer, Pavel Kolar | Nominee |
| Visual Effects Society 2015 | Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project | Shawn Hull, Suzanne Cipolletti, Laurent Taillefer, Dariusz Wolski | Nominee |
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San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Visual Effects | The Walk | Winner |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Visual Effects | Kevin Baillie, Jim Gibbs, Viktor Muller and Sébastien Moreau | Winner |
Visual Effects Society
3 nominations
| Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature | Jim Gibbs, Brian Flora, Laurent Tallefer, Pavel Kolar | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Kevin Baillie, Camille Cellucci, Viktor Muller, Sebastien Moreau | Nominee |
| Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project | Shawn Hull, Suzanne Cipolletti, Laurent Taillefer, Dariusz Wolski | Nominee |
Critic's Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | The Walk | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | The Walk | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | The Walk | Nominee |