A breathtaking look at The French Spiderman, Alain Robert, a lone climber who scales tall buildings, bridges and cliffs all over the world. His physical training and climbing technique allows him to climb using window sills and frames. From its height of 180 meters, the Citigroup Center in Chicago will be the first of a long series of more than 170 buildings that Alain Robert will climb.
Cinematography
Vertigo-inducing angles that punish acrophobes.
Practical Effects
Every climb is real—no green screen cowards here.
Director
Julie Cohen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alain Robert has been arrested over 100 times for climbing without permission, yet continues to be invited to corporate events as a 'motivational speaker.' Capitalism, baby!
This 1998 doc predates the free soloing mainstream explosion by decades—Alex Honnold's 'Free Solo' owes this French madman an apology for stealing his entire aesthetic.
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