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{1519}{1589}Philippe.
{2099}{2234}It was tense, but we were eager|to get going. Everything was ready.
{3478}{3589}Jean-Louis.
{3705}{3833}I remember the extremely tense silence|in the van.
{3951}{4010}Alan was absolutely sombre...
{4013}{4061}Philippe extremely tense.
{4062}{4156}Annie As for me I was petrified very worried.
{4228}{4320}I was disguised as a workman|with a helmet, a shirt...
{4321}{4397}Jean-Franois To look like an American,|I had lot of pens in my pocket.
{4398}{4443}That's typically American, apparently.
{4743}{4843}David aka "Donald"
{5432}{5550}Alan aka "Alberf"
{6112}{6166}And Philippe said to me:|"I know what's going to happen...
{6167}{6221}...we are going to go in,|and we're going to get caught. "
{6445}{6565}He could no longer carry on living|without having at least tried to...
{6608}{6663}...to conquer those towers.
{6664}{6733}...because it felt like those towers|belonged to him.
{6773}{6828}It was as if they had been built|especially for him.
{12184}{12223}I was twenty years old.
{12224}{12348}And I was|a painfully shy young girl.
{12427}{12487}I was very surprised|by this individual.
{12580}{12691}...and even more surprised|when he began to chase me relentlessly...
{12692}{12771}...having just met me.
{12796}{12882}He would bring me flowers,|arrange little dates...
{12884}{12948}...send me love letters.
{12954}{13045}I was completely overwhelmed...
{13046}{13148}...bowled over, harpooned,|that's what it was.
{13259}{13342}He introduced me to his wire.
{13343}{13407}...a wire set up at the end of a garden.
{13437}{13504}I would spend hours watching him walk.
{13508}{13549}He wasn't that experienced at the time.
{13550}{13602}He was just beginning his life|as a tightrope walker.
{13844}{13894}We became inseparable.
{13895}{13952}In fact my life|was completely consumed by his.
{13953}{14044}And he never thought to ask me whether|I had my own destiny to follow.
{14045}{14101}It was quite clear|I had to follow his.
{15824}{15950}Jean-Louis|Childhood friend.
{16263}{16325}Jean-Louis had told me right away|that it was illegal.
{16326}{16386}Jean-Franois|Accomplice.
{16387}{16467}So I knew it was illegal, but of course|that's what got me a bit excited!
{16487}{16585}Against the law,|but not wicked or mean.
{16586}{16624}It was wonderful!
{16625}{16720}Notre Dame Cathedral|Paris, June 1971
{17360}{17439}Then Philippe appeared on the wire.
{17439}{17486}It was amazing.
{17668}{17727}I went inside, all excited...
{17728}{17883}...and I leant over the nave|and saw that a huge ceremony.
{17884}{17926}was taking place in Notre Dame.
{18021}{18137}There were a dozen or so priests|dressed all in white, arm crossed.
{18138}{18220}They were lying on the floor,|their heads against the floor.
{18242}{18319}I was staggered, dumbstruck.
{18359}{18442}The organist asked me:|"What are you doing here?"
{18443}{18523}I said to him: "There's a wirewalker|up there on the towers!"
{18536}{18605}This gentleman looked at me|with an expression of wonder.
{18606}{18650}...and he said;|"Oh, really! A wirewalker!
{18651}{18697}How amazing!"
{19646}{19743}South Tower 3.58pm.
{19765}{19824}We drove the van inside.
{19825}{19917}We got through|the first security barrier.
{19937}{20062}We presented the company documents|and the fake invoices.
{20063}{20122}Everything|was quite carefully planned.
{20629}{20719}North Tower 4.25pm.
{21176}{21223}The time had come for us to part.
{21224}{21360}There was a real madness|in his eyes, a real rage.
{21412}{21494}It was truly: " I'm going to do this,|no matter what, now is the time".
{21512}{21624}And he held me in his arms as if|we would never see each other again.
{21860}{21987}Sydney, Australia|June 1973
{24027}{24127}Mark|"The Australian"
{27701}{27858}One day he showed me a photo|of two buildings in a magazine.
{27880}{27939}And then I was a bit frightened.
{27989}{28117}It was inhuman to want to go|and walk up there, 450 meters high.
{28121}{28211}This was all becoming demonic.|I just wanted to say: "Stop!"
{28226}{28334}Barry Greenhouse|"The Inside Man"
{28425}{28527}South Tower 4.27 pm.
{31833}{31915}This beam was over the elevator shaft|that had a drop of 400 meters.
{34575}{34706}North Tower 6.22pm.
{37555}{37650}South Tower 7.44pm.
{40310}{40379}Jim Moore.
{46035}{46110}A minute ago you said the whole place|was swarming with cops.
{46111}{46178}This is what they'll make you do|when you're prison.
{46190}{46260}They'll make you clean the windows|in all the tall towers.
{51291}{51424}South Tower 8. 10pm.
{52575}{52668}His foot was up my nose.
{52669}{52722}...and my foot was stuck|between his arms...
{52723}{52761}we were completely entwined.
{52798}{52855}I guess you could say|we really got to know each other.
{52855}{52919}I've rarely known a man|that way before!
{53016}{53145}North Tower 9.38pm.
{54253}{54341}Mark|"The Australian"
{55835}{55878}He wanted to set up a wire.
{55879}{55949}...to correspond exactly to the|distance between the two towers.
{55971}{56030}And to practice on it|a much as he could.
{56530}{56648}Someone had spoken to him|about the elasticity of the building.
{56668}{56771}...and the fact that the wind could cause|the towers to sway.
{56784}{56857}So there was a moment|of great concern.
{62759}{62865}There was always and still is, this|'bad boy' side to Philippe's character.
{62869}{62951}He had a very strict upbringing.
{62957}{63049}And he would never have strayed|too far down that illegal road.
{63064}{63244}But he got great pleasure|from taking certain 'liberties'.
{63249}{63339}He's so excessive, so creative...
{63339}{63417}...so each day|is like a work of art for him.
{63824}{63929}What excited him most|about this adventure.
{63930}{64009}...aside from being a beautiful show
{64010}{64079}was that it was like|a bank robbery.
{64080}{64129}And that pleased him enormously.
{65075}{65162}Gradually things began|to get more serious.
{65163}{65225}...because a proper plan|had to be worked out.
{65226}{65282}And then the arguments|between Jean-Louis and Philippe.
{65283}{65316}...really got started.
{65933}{66005}Ok, so we get through the main gate,|however we decide to do it.
{66006}{66145}The trick is going to be on the top|floor, coming out of the elevator.
{66146}{66203}It is better to be dressed|as office workers.
{66204}{66251}- No! As workers...|- Wait! Let me finish!
{66251}{66310}It was almost impossible|to imagine them.
{66311}{66353}...getting into the tower undetected.
{66354}{66419}They didn't even know|how they were going to get in.
{66420}{66479}And I think right from the start...
{66479}{66527}Jean-Louis felt|an enormous responsibility.
{66527}{66653}And he wouldn't let Philippe|have it his way...
{66654}{66722}...perhaps because he felt|that Philippe wasn't being realistic.
{66799}{66844}No! We're being complete idiots.
{66864}{66927}Jean-Louis knew I sided with him.
{66948}{67023}...and Philippe also knew|I was taking Jean-Louis' side.
{67707}{67766}May 13th 1974
{68797}{68951}Guy Tozzoli|President WTC Association.
{72595}{72732}May 28th 1974
{75527}{75581}The first attempt had failed.
{75590}{75662}He called me and asked me|to come over immediately.
{75663}{75781}Of course my role was|to support and encourage him.
{75953}{76024}It was always a matter|of trying to understand.
{76025}{76080}what was going on in his head|and of encouraging him.
{76093}{76153}That was my job|and it was really exhausting.
{76268}{76357}He would spend the night|watching television.
{76358}{76453}He only ever watched|detective movies, bank robberies...
{76454}{76528}...stories about cops and robbers.
{76556}{76637}I'm convinced he was getting|in shape with this.
{76687}{76767}He was looking for the strength...
{76767}{76831}...so he could break into these towers.
{76865}{76934}So he went back, again and again...
{76935}{77009}...to the World Trade Center,|to the main entrance hall.
{77010}{77057}And Philippe observed very carefully.
{77058}{77204}...how people went in,|showing their passes, etc.
{79131}{79225}David aka "Donald"|Rock Singer.
{79925}{80008}Alan aka "Albert"|Quality Guy.
{82400}{82470}I was really very worried.
{82471}{82575}The team included people|who were totally unreliable.
{82968}{83021}Jean-Louis reminded me|about Notre Dame...
{83022}{83068}...said it would be|the same kind of thing...
{83069}{83160}...the same adventure, but this time|in New York at the World Trade Center.
{83174}{83222}He didn't tell me much more...
{83223}{83273}...just asked whether|I wanted to come or not.
{83631}{83721}When we arrived in New York|on the Boston train...
{83722}{83791}...at one point we went past|the Empire State Building.
{83802}{83878}At that moment I looked up...
{83879}{83937}I saw the height|of the Empire State Building.
{83938}{83991}...and I was horrified.
{83992}{84075}My legs started to shake,|it was terrifying!
{84091}{84146}Especially when I realised the World|Trade Center was even higher.
{84147}{84236}I kept it all to myself,|but I was terrified.
{84619}{84708}When Jean-Louis came back,|the tension rose enormously.
{84709}{84771}It became unbearable.
{84772}{84824}The problem was the team.
{85563}{85701}The very night before the coup,|they arrived at the apartment.
{85702}{85770}...in a deplorable state.
{85771}{85812}One of them was stoned.
{85813}{85920}He was completely gone,|lost in a haze of smoke.
{85921}{86026}Jean-Louis was absolutely dismayed.|So was Philippe.
{87247}{87330}11.08pm, August 6th.
{89614}{89660}There was someone there|that we hadn't expected...
{89661}{89732}...sitting at a desk with a little light.
{90618}{90723}I remember the vastness of New York!|The altitude!
{90724}{90891}The Statue of Liberty, the UN building,|all looking so tiny.
{90896}{90946}It was magnificent.
{90947}{91020}And the sounds as well,|the police sirens all night long.
{91035}{91084}It was all so alive!
{91085}{91122}And we were kings!
{100772}{100874}4.48am, August 7th.
{102503}{102550}The streets were deserted.
{102566}{102635}I found a taxi willing to take me there.
{102667}{102750}So I waited with the others.
{102751}{102814}Other members of the team joined us.
{102891}{103005}And our eyes were absolutely glued|to the towers.
{103006}{103065}I was looking out|for the slightest movement...
{103066}{103105}...but we couldn't see a thing.
{103166}{103230}It was absolutely terrifying.
{104957}{105034}Suddenly we saw something,|a shape...
{105035}{105086}...just for a second, falling down.
{105552}{105605}There was a huge cry of relief...
{105606}{105657}...it was only a piece of clothing.
{105658}{105739}We all thought: " He must have just|dropped something, that's ok. "
{107347}{107422}We all thought: "Of course|it's possible he could fall. "
{107438}{107498}We all thought it,|but we didn't believe it.
{107509}{107557}We thought it,|but we didn't believe it.
{110603}{110637}I saw Philippe.
{110638}{110702}I saw Philippe up there,|it was extraordinary.
{110703}{110760}It was so, so beautiful.
{110835}{110921}It was like he was walking|on a cloud.
{111007}{111034}And there were|such amazing moments.
{111035}{111060}When he lay down...
{111061}{111220}...we were thrilled by this image|of Philippe lying down up above.
{111395}{111485}And another very powerful moment|was when he...
{111571}{111627}It was so beautiful.
{111681}{111738}When he knelt down.
{111739}{111845}There was a moment|when he knelt down and saluted.
{112024}{112077}I cried out: " Look! Look!"
{112078}{112172}People started gathering,|but they couldn't see.
{112173}{112226}They asked me:|"What is it? What do you see?"
{112239}{112332}I said: " Look, a wirewalker!|He's walking!"
{114793}{114845}Philippe did provoke them,|naturally...
{114846}{114942}...because that's what|he does, that's his character!
{114947}{115021}He would come close|to the guards or the police...
{115022}{115067}who were trying to grab him...
{115068}{115157}...then he would turn around|and be out of their reach...
{115158}{115226}...because they weren't about|to get on the wire!
{118855}{118918}The place was|a sort of scientific area.
{118919}{118966}where lunatics walk round in circles.
{119019}{119109}So here we were,|surrounded by mad people.
{119115}{119174}But we weren't mad,|we were stars!
{122253}{122367}I saw Philippe discover|what it meant to be famous...
{122368}{122527}...to be recognized, with expressions|of friendliness and enthusiasm.
{122528}{122628}People would cross the street|to tell him: "You gave us such a gift!"
{122629}{122675}" It was so beautiful!
{122676}{122723}It was a breath of fresh air...|thank you!"
{122745}{122853}It was extraordinary|and I think in Philippe's mind...
{122854}{122905}...many things were changing.
{123251}{123337}So the judge's sentence|was pretty harsh, I thought.
{123338}{123428}I was expelled from the United States.
{124901}{124947}There was a love story.
{124954}{124989}But it was clear...
{125020}{125134}...that Philippe had gone through|an incredible moment in his life.
{125142}{125238}...and he was starting|something else, a new life.
{125320}{125388}Strangely, I felt the same way.
{125438}{125519}Our relationship|was meant to end here.
{125519}{125573}...and it was beautiful that way.
{134969}{135046}DVD Subtitling: CNST, Montreal.
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