Sony Explains Wonky Geography of The Walk Poster

The studio's justification is laughable.

Vulture associate editor Nate Jones noticed something strange when he attended a press screening of The Walk, Robert Zemeckis’ account of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s daring 1974 walk through the space between the original Word Trade Center towers. Looking at the projected image of the poster on screen, he gradually realized that the buildings shown below the spec of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Petit are located four miles away, at 50th Street and Fifth Avenue.

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It took a while for Jones to get a comment from Sony Pictures, but he has now added what he was told into a Sept.

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