# Wire Flying in Theater and Movies

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wire-flying-in-theater-and-movies/533034 "2010-03-19T17:08:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wire-flying-in-theater-and-movies/533034/21 "2010-03-21T18:41:41Z")

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It occurred to me, getting back to the marionette sequence that started this whole thread, that it is, ironically, followed up by a scene in which an Evil Baron is very, very deliberately hoisted into the air with a very, very obvious hook and cable system - which, probably, was attached to a harness identical to the one used by the actor where they did their best to minimize the wires. A rare case where thy _didn’t_ want to hide the hoisting mechanism.

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wire-flying-in-theater-and-movies/533034/22 "2010-03-21T19:00:34Z")

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I’m a big fan of the “wire work” done in [Chinese _wu xia_ films](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxia#Films) including Tsui Hark’s work with Tony Ching Siu-tung and especially Yuen Wo-ping’s brilliant team who were responsible for _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_.

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