Philippe Petit Talks 'The Walk'

THEY HAVE BEATEN TEAMS FROM. WEST POINT AND THE UNIVERSITY. OF VERMONT. HE IS THE HIGH WIRE ARTIST.

WHO STUNNED THE CITY WITH HIS. FAMOUS WALK BETWEEN THE TWIN. TOWERS IN THE 174. THE WALK, THE MOVIE IS OUT NOW.

ABOUT THE DEATH-DEFYING STUNT. IN 1974, IT'S IN THEATERS. TODAY CBS 2'S ALICE GAINER. SPOKE TO PHILIPPE PETIT.

HAVE A VERY QUEASY FEELING. IN MY STOMACH. BUT I SEE 1500 FEET. UP HERE AT 1500 FEET OR IN.

THAT AREA, THERE IS SOMEBODY. OUT THERE. Reporter: THAT WAS 24-YEAR- OLD PHILIPPE PETIT AND THE. STORY ABOUT THAT DAY ON AUGUST.

7, 1974, IS BROUGHT TO THE BIG. SCREEN IN THE NEW FILM "THE. WALK." PEOPLE ASK ME WHY DO YOU. RISK DEATH? FOR ME, THIS IS LIFE.

Reporter: TODAY, PERCHED. HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND AGAIN, WE SPOKE TO THE NOW 66-YEAR- OLD ABOUT THE FILM WHICH HE. SAYS IS BEST SEEN IN IMAX 3D. IT WOULD FEEL HOW I FELT.

THERE AND THERE WAS A MOMENT. OF LONELINESS AND I WAS. ABSORBING MY OWN WORLD, HALF. MAN, HALF BIRD AND YOU FEEL.

THAT IN THE MOVIES. Reporter: ANOTHER FEELING. HE HOPES TO EVOKE, JOY AND. PEACE.

WE ARE AT THE EMPIRE STATE. BUILDING SPEAKING WITH PETIT. BECAUSE HE USED TO LOOK AT THE. TWIN TOWERS FROM HERE.

I CARRY THE BEAUTY, THE. JOY, THE MAJESTY OF THE. TOWERS. WE ALL REMEMBER THE DISASTER.

AROUND THE TOWERS, THE LOSS OF. LIFE. BUT IF YOU GO AND SEE THE. MOVIE, YOU WILL GO BACK IN.

TIME AT A TIME WHERE THE. TOWERS WERE NOT LINKED WITH AN. AMAZINGLY AWFUL EVENT. IT WAS LINKED WITH AN.

AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND JOYFUL. EVENT. Reporter: BUT THAT EVENT. BACK IN 1974 ACTUALLY GOT HIM.

ARRESTED. THERE IS NO LINE JUST. BECAUSE, UM, WHEN I SEE THIS. PLACE TO PUT MY WIRE I CANNOT.

RESIST. Reporter: SO WITH ALL THE. SECURITY MEASURES TODAY THE. QUESTION, DOES PETIT THINK HE.

COULD DO THAT NOW? OF COURSE NOT EXCEPT I. CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THE. IMPOSSIBLE. Reporter: IF ANYONE COULD.

MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE, IT'S PETIT. ALICE GAINER, CBS 2 NEWS. THE CHARGES AGAINST PETIT. WERE EVENTUALLY DROPPED..