Check out the year’s best movie scenes, ahead.
Director Robert Zemeckis digitally created the 1974 New York City skyline that became the coliseum for Petits highwire stunt.
Joe McGovern
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Sara Vilkomerson
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Kevin P. Sullivan
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(Okay, so it also rises and falls according to the rules of aerodynamics.
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But its still fantastic.)
Leah Greenblatt
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Joe McGovern
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Merie Weismiller Wallace/20th Century Fox
The melee culminates with a nonsensical but satisfying splash.
But who was the real winner of the fight?
Universal Pictures, for banking more than $1.7 billion worldwide from the summers biggest blockbuster.
20th Century Fox
Stephan Lee
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Joe McGovern
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Thats when the Polecats come.
Like the rest of the film, the Polecats combine graceful acrobatics with primal savagery.
Its a singular, visceral cinematic experience.
Nicole Sperling
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Francois Duhamel/Universal Pictures
The Bear Attacks Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
The much-talked-about bear mauling inThe Revenantis worth every bit of hype.
(Despite erroneous reports, no rape occurs.)
George Kraychyk
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